[Xitami] Console.log msgs

Ted Heske xitami@lists.xitami.org
Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:50:30 -0400


> Is it likely that your machine 192.168.0.2 accessed your Xitami server?
> If so, and if RDNS has gotten enabled, all is OK. The bogus attempt to
> ask USC for DNS look-up on your private-range IP number is awkward, but
> I'm sure they are used to it. (Maybe that's why "packet size error":
> maybe when their machine sees a bogus private-IP look-up, they drop the
> connection ASAP.)

I do access the server from its host machine, but for maintenance only (I
log into the web admin tool).  I test my website by accessing from a
different machine with a different IP address.  I looked up www.isi.edu and
their IP address is nothing like 192.x.x.x (it's 128.x.x.x).  I still don't
understand why Xitami tried to RDNS that address.  When does the RDNS
feature actually try to translate addresses?  I see no evidence that it has
looked up any other addresses in the past and my server gets accessed all
the time.

> If you basically don't want RDNS (you normally don't): In the web-admin
> screen, Logging, just above "Debug reverse DNS queries",  look at
> "Translate IP addresses?". You probably want this NOT checked. Below
> that, "DNS servers - primary[secondary]:" you probably do NOT want this
> to be a real DNS server (the default 127.0.0.1 is bogus and should foil
> all RDNS).
>

There is no "Translate IP addresses?" option above "Debug reverse DNS
queries."  I'm using v2.5b5.  I do get lots of script errors while using the
web admin tool so maybe I shouldn't be using this version.   Thanks again
for all the help.

Jill