Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 17:55:09 -0700 From: Eddie Fry <eddie@eaznet.com> To: Kevin Brown <kbrown@primelink.com> Cc: Eddie Fry <eddie@Wicked.eaznet.com>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reverse DNS Message-ID: <33F3A8ED.F66C28F6@eaznet.com> References: <3.0.32.19970814191610.0091a330@mail.primelink.com>
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Kevin Brown wrote: > At 04:32 PM 8/14/97 -0700, Eddie Fry wrote: > > > >If I go to a site with reverse DNS > authentication from any server listed > in my in-addr.arpa file, no problem. The > problem occurs when a dial-in > user or a Win 95 machine on my network (but not > listed in my named files) > tries to access one of these sites. > Without a record in your in-addr.arpa.db, these > hosts will not resolve > reverse. So to answer your question quickly... > Yes. Do unto one, as you > would the other. > So, my dial-in users CANNOT be reverse authenticated unless I give each of them their own IP address? Kevin, please don't take this wrong. That doesn't seem right to me. You can't tell me that anyone that uses server assigned IP addresses is unable to, for example, download the US version of Netscape???!?!?!?!?!? Eddie > ; > ; domain.com.db > ; > blah > ; > first-host IN A 10.10.1.6 > > then; > > ; > ; 1.10.10.in-addr.arpa.db > ; > blah > ; > > 6 IN PTR first-host > > ////////////////////////////////// > /////////////////////////////////// > Kevin Brown > ---------->(kbrown@primelink.com) > -- email ->(darkstar@sockets.net) > ---------->(darkstar@frequency.net) > > Huber and Associates (www.primelink.com) > Frequency Networks (www.frequency.net) > /////////////////////////////////////////// > ////////////////////////// > -------------------------- > --------------------------------------- > Pursuate to US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, > Subchapter II, Sec. 227, > any and all nonsolicited commercial E-mail sent > to this address is > subject to a download and archival fee in the > amount of $500 US. > Emailing denotes acceptance of these terms. > ------------------------------------------- > ----------------------
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