Re: [FW-1] HTTP Security Server bug?

[Doug Maxwell <Doug.Maxwell@FW1-NOSPAMINTEGRALIS.COM>]

On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 04:42, David Maskell wrote:
> Jim,
>
> You're right, reverse lookups produce a number of different servers as
> the main hostname has many ip's. How can I disable reverse lookup
> checking?
There is no way to disable it, but the reverse lookup occurs in the
following cases:

1. If the Firewall is defined as an http proxy OR
2. If there is a host name or host path under the match tab of the
resource definition.

Doug



>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1
> [mailto:FW-1-MAILINGLIST@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> Parker
> Sent: 01 May 2002 00:36
> To: FW-1-MAILINGLIST@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com
> Subject: Re: [FW-1] HTTP Security Server bug?
>
> check your log files ahttpd.log or something... you'll probably find its
> failing a reverse DNS lookup.
> I don't know of a fix.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1
> [mailto:FW-1-MAILINGLIST@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com]On Behalf Of David
> Maskell
> Sent: 30 April 2002 23:57
> To: FW-1-MAILINGLIST@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com
> Subject: [FW-1] HTTP Security Server bug?
> Hi,
>
> Thanks Bill for confirming the [FW-1]Moving fw questions.
>
>
> A question about http security servers, CPNG, on W2000Server.  I have
> recently installed this, just testing out atm. I have been using the
> http security server and have been able to access most sites eg:
> cnn.com, no problem, but astalavista.box.sk is an issue, so I tried
> messenger.msn.com, and it works. It seems that the length of the
> hostname in a DNS entry plays a part? Anyone else found this? I'm sure
> this is configurable somewhere?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave.
--
Doug Maxwell <Doug.Maxwell@integralis.com>
Senior Network Engineer, Integralis-US

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