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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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