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Subject: Re: DNS: having domain1.com and domain1.net point to the same IP.
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> Wow, reverse lookups only match some of the time?!?! I may be off-base
> again, but I thought a lot of things wanted reverse host entries that
> matched exactly for security verification.

I wouldn't exactly call that security - but you're right, this is one of
the reasons why having a reverse lookup returning multiple names is not
necessarily a good idea.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no


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