From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 10:59:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87AB737B401 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:59:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from pan.gwi.net (pan.gwi.net [207.5.128.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3FCC43F75 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:59:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ah54@httpsite.com) Received: from andy.gwi.net (blake.gwi.net [207.5.142.8]) by pan.gwi.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h2RIxN0w044421 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:59:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ah54@httpsite.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030327185204.GA645@comp4.ici.net> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:59:24 -0500 (EST) Sender: aharriso@andy.gwi.net From: Andy Harrison To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Subject: Re: Reverse DNS and single IP address space X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:59:25 -0000 -----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-----