Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 21:19:50 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>, Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (over)zealous mail bouncing Message-ID: <19970724211950.22892@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <199707242321.QAA18495@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Jul 07, 1997 at 04:21:00PM -0700 References: <199707242238.PAA14165@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com> <199707242321.QAA18495@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Jul 07, 1997 at 04:21:00PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > I have to warn you that several mail server products of which I'm > > > aware actualy verify via getpeername/gethostbyaddr (RARP), and > > > will reject your host anyway. > > > > RARP? Or was that just a belch in mid-sentence :-)? > > Reverse Address Resoloution Protocol. When someone connects to me, > I can always geet the IP address they are connecting from. Using > RARP, I can turn the address into a machine name, and compare it > with what you tell me on the "HELO" and "MAIL FROM:" lines. Uh, I think that was a brain fart. RARP deals with the hardware address, eg: the Ethernet address. You must have meant BIND. -- Jonathan
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