Subj : host/ip settings
To   : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : Rixter
Date : Fri Apr 11 2025 09:36 am

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From: "Rixter" <[email protected]>

 To: Gamgee
 Re: Re: host/ip settings
 By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Fri Apr 11 2025 03:25 pm

> -=> Digital Man wrote to Rixter <=-
>
>  DM>   Re: host/ip settings
>  DM>   By: Rixter to All on Fri Apr 11 2025 03:14 pm
>
>  > Good afternoon,
>  > In the host/ip exemptions is a verbose entry acceptable ie:
>  > vert.synchro.net? I have 71.95.196.34 set to exempt. I was just curios? D
>  > both work? Verbose and numerical?
>
>  DM> I'm not sure what exemptions you're referring to. "Exemptions" sounds
>  DM> like a white-list and not sure what file/list you mean that matches
>  DM> that description.
>
>  DM> For the ip.can filter file, only IP addresses/ranges can be specified.
>  DM> For the host.can filter file, only hostnames are expected.
>  DM> https://wiki.synchro.net/config:filter_files
>
> My guess on what the poorly-worded / incomplete / vague question is
> asking about is:  ../ctrl/ipfilter_exempt.cfg
>
> Seems fairly obvious to me that it's for IP addresses, not hostnames...
>
>
>
> ... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.
Thanks, I appreciate you guys helping me out. Have a great weekend buddy. Get
well soon.
Rixter
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
Madison,NC

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