OT- trouble connecting to elsie-

[Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]]

I've just update the TCP wrapper in user here at elsie; give ftp a try
and let me know one way or the other. Thanks!

				--ado 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Cantor [mailto:Dave at Cantor.mv.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:26 AM
To: Paul Eggert
Cc: tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Subject: Re: OT- trouble connecting to elsie-

On 5 Feb 2006 at 22:59, Paul Eggert wrote:

> >     Date:        Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:51:19 -0500
> >     From:        "Dave Cantor" <Dave at Cantor.mv.com>
> >     Message-ID:  <43E32797.7719.2F8A382 at Dave.Cantor.mv.com>

> >   | I have not been able to connect to elsie.nci.nih.gov via ftp,
or, 
> >   | rather, whenever I connect, the remote host disconnects.  Is 
> >   | anyone else having this trouble?

> In the past this has happened when people attempt to connect to elsie 
> from blacklisted IP addresses.  I don't know who's in charge of the 
> blacklist, unfortunately.  It could be something as simple as the 
> reverse-DNS entry for your IP address; is it set up properly?

As far as I can tell, the reverse-DNS entry is correct:
host174-106.defiant.tvcconnect.net, IP address 216.255.174.106,

Maybe it's blacklisted for some reason.

Thanks,
Dave C.