On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Jay Kline wrote: > Id say the best option is to not use /etc/hosts Only have the hostname and > localhost entries in it, and use DNS for the rest. ugh, hosts.allow.. my brain is fried. :) recap: i prefer not to allow just anyone to ssh to my box, so do a: sshd: ALL in /etc/hosts.deny and then a: sshd: host.name in /hosts.allow, but since it's dynamic dns, forward/reverse don't match for my home ip, so i want to know if there's a way to have it do a dns lookup on the forward address (in /etc/hosts.allow), take that ip, and allow it.. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500