Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:59:24 -0500 (EST) From: Andy Harrison <ah54@httpsite.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reverse DNS and single IP address space Message-ID: <XFMail.20030327135924.ah54@httpsite.com> In-Reply-To: <20030327185204.GA645@comp4.ici.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On 27-Mar-2003, James Earl wrote message "Re: Reverse DNS and single IP address space" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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? Well, realistically, yes. Theoretically, no. To make a long story short, if you want to be positive, resolve it from a 3rd party's name server. nslookup x.x.x.x ns.netscape.com or at one of the websites. http://network-tools.com/ for instance. ~~ Andy Harrison ah##@httpsite.com ICQ: 123472 AIM/Y!: AHinMaine homepage: http://www.nachoz.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQCVAwUBPoNKC1PEkLgodAWVAQFIAQP/d3FOejoZNpgUPZ+e0KGcfgpqFBGZN3Zo 2GVE+eq5HMmQS2V4JSYBcw4GjRPp6iJeYDlzdjyFdxShY1Ykl4Iy6sl017UlLjF7 Mqix5OIfsYu1zf1dRp9ZGWNyg/ititk0dQYtkNQcPYmMfFan2eyCr0wB6l+TYG1p euwG3y+iDJg= =Rws7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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