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Re: Problem Fixed

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  • Subject: Re: Problem Fixed
  • Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:24:50 -0600 (MDT)
Hi Luis, 

GREAT news..

Let me know if any problems pop up.

Thank you,

-Jeff
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On Thu, 31 May 2001, Unidata Mcidas Account wrote:

> Hello,
>    Seems to be working now perfectly.  Thanks.
> 
> Luis Munoz
> System Administrator
> Caribbean Climate Center @ UPRM
> 
> 
> On Thu, 31 May 2001, B. Cottrill wrote:
> 
> > The security has been really beefed up since early '98.  This may not be a
> > problem on our side here as much as with the university network and their 
> > DNS
> > tables.  These could be very old and needing to be updated.
> >
> > I will see what I can do from this end and will update you on progress 
> > Monday as
> > I will be out this weekend.
> >
> > Working on it,
> > BC
> >
> > >Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:12:14 -0400 (AST)
> > >From: Unidata Mcidas Account <address@hidden>
> > >To: "B. Cottrill" <address@hidden>
> > >cc: <address@hidden>
> > >Subject: Re: Your Message Sent on Wed, 30 May 2001 09:36:43 -0600 (MDT)
> > >MIME-Version: 1.0
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >   The uprm.edu DNS server doesn't do reverse DNS on most of our IP's.
> > >But if I'm not mistaken, we used to feed from your site after '98, and I'm
> > >sure there was no reverse DNS back then either.  Could adding my
> > >IP/hostname to your /etc/hosts help?  Or is it the firewall that stops any
> > >traffic from unresolved hosts?  Don't know what kind of a setup you're
> > >running, but it could also be that I'm not authorized to connect to your
> > >machine on a tcpd level.  Do you have /etc/hosts.allow/deny rules in
> > >place?  Just a couple of thoughts.
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Luis Munoz
> > >System Administrator
> > >Caribbean Climate Center @ UPRM
> > >
> > >
> > >On Thu, 31 May 2001, B. Cottrill wrote:
> > >
> > >> The reason that this may not work is because of our security.
> > >> If I do an 'nslookup' on 136.145.165.204 I return the following...
> > >>
> > >> *** huey.met.fsu.edu can't find 136.145.165.204: Non-existent host/domain
> > >>
> > >> We have a pretty extensive firewall and security setup here as we have 
> > >> had a
> > bad
> > >> history before 1998 with hackers.  Since 1998 we have squashed most hacks
> > before
> > >> they get in.  Is the IP your using the correct IP and if so is the 
> > >> domaine
> > >> valid.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >>
> > >> BC
> > >
> >
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> 
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