"Obantec Support" <usenet@obantec.com> wrote in message news:<vg6dccnd6t5u44@news.supernews.com>...

> now i expected second condition to input key with remote_host
> *inktomi2-lee.server.ntl.com* not the remote_addr.
>
> since in the hosts.deny there will be ip's and hosts.
>
> Any idea where i need to look?

See the HostnameLookups directive. With this set to off,
REMOTE_HOST is the same as REMOTE_ADDR.

Joshua.