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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Internet providers' IP range (xinetd.conf)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 14:11:20 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <58965d8a0909021211p840d219hed5964ee322489f7@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <h7luei$1jo$1@ger.gmane.org>

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Helmut Jarausch<jarausch@skynet.be> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to allow remote access (via ssh only) to a given machine.
> Unfortunately, my remote IP is dynamic and reverse lookup
> (e.g. specifying only_from = .skynet.be in /etc/xinetd.conf) doesn't work.
> So, I have to find out which IP ranges are used by a given
> internet provider (e.g. skynet.be).
>
> Does anybody know how to find out?
>
> Many thanks for a hint,
> Helmut.

Easiest way: ask them to tell you the ranges :) Otherwise would be
guessing. You can look at arin (or local equivalent) to see which IP
range(s) they own. But nobody knows for sure other than them.



  reply	other threads:[~2009-09-02 14:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-02 14:11 [gentoo-user] Internet providers' IP range (xinetd.conf) Helmut Jarausch
2009-09-02 19:11 ` Paul Hartman [this message]
2009-09-02 22:26   ` Alan McKinnon
2009-09-03 16:45     ` Kyle Bader
2009-09-02 21:01 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2009-09-05  8:40   ` Mick

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