Shorewall users - May 2003 - Fw: Re[2]: Hostnames in Blacklist File?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Eastep" <teastep@shorewall.net>
To: "Mike Dillinger" <miked@softtalker.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Shorewall-users] Hostnames in Blacklist File?

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Dillinger" <miked@softtalker.com>
> To: "Tom Eastep" <teastep@shorewall.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 6:04 PM
> Subject: Re[2]: [Shorewall-users] Hostnames in Blacklist File?
> 
> 
> > --- Original Message
> > From: Tom Eastep <teastep@shorewall.net>
> > Date: Thursday May 08 2003 05:58PM PT
> >
> >
> > >> > Can you use hostnames in the blacklist file, or is it IP
addresses
> only?
> >
> > >> Yes I can.
> >
> > TE> But note the warnings about using DNS names at
> > TE>
http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#Dnsnames.
> >
> > Thanks.  I didn''t see that when I was browsing.
> >
> > Are wildcards allowed?  Such as:
> > *.yahoo.com
> 
> No -- read closer and you''ll understand why not.
> 
> -Tom
>