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-rw-r--r--etc/hosts.allow7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/etc/hosts.allow b/etc/hosts.allow
index fbb20a7..0cdc4d9 100644
--- a/etc/hosts.allow
+++ b/etc/hosts.allow
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ ALL : ALL : allow
# Prevent those with no reverse DNS from connecting.
ALL : PARANOID : RFC931 20 : deny
-# Allow anything from localhost
-ALL : localhost : allow
-ALL : my.machine.example.com : allow
+# Allow anything from localhost. Note that an IP address (not a host
+# name) *MUST* be specified for portmap(8).
+ALL : localhost 127.0.0.1 : allow
+ALL : my.machine.example.com 192.0.2.35 : allow
# Sendmail can help protect you against spammers and relay-rapers
sendmail : localhost : allow
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