Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 11:52:04 -0700 From: James Earl <mtntrip@telus.net> To: Victor Bondarenko <vpb@indite.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reverse DNS and single IP address space Message-ID: <20030327185204.GA645@comp4.ici.net> In-Reply-To: <20030327103827.A8705@mail.telestream.com>; from vpb@indite.org on Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 11:38:27 -0700 References: <20030327183154.GA622@comp4.ici.net> <20030327103827.A8705@mail.telestream.com>
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On 2003.03.27 11:38 Victor Bondarenko wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 11:31:54AM -0700, James Earl wrote: > [...] > > Or, do I even need to worry about reverse DNS entries since my ISP > > already has them setup? > > If your ISP has reverse DNS for your IP(s), there's really no point in > you mapping them on your own. Your network might see whatever you've > mapped, but the rest of the world will see what your ISP maps. I'm assuming if I can use nslookup [ip-address] to get my hostname, that reverse DNS on the ISP is setup properly. Is this an okay assumption?
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