Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:20:30 -0400 (EDT) From: yossman <yossman@yoss.canweb.net> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limits on apache Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970724111545.9263E-100000@yoss.canweb.net> In-Reply-To: <27760.869719079@orion.webspan.net>
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that might sound 'broken' but for web accesses at least, you could argue it's not really important to know what the hostname is ahead of time. if you have some funky CGI stuff setup on your site that has some sort of security issues you probably would want reverse resolve, but for regular public access to just information i find it unimportant to know where they're coming from specifically. i do the same thing here, where i don't ask for resolve until later when we process logs. the information we provide at this site isn't important/sensitive enough to warrant the extra DNS information right away. one other thing: things on the Net break constantly, and DNS is one of them. expecting everyone to have everything running correctly all the time, or know WHY things are broken when they break, is ridiculous. On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Gary Palmer wrote: > spork wrote in message ID > <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970724003016.14460A-100000@super-g.inch.com>: > > processes the logs. We've since gotten some positive responses from > > clients coming in from ISPs that don't do revs on most of their dialup > > connections. > > Thats broken. A number of ftp sites won't let you on without a valid > DNS entry for both A and PTR records. I'd ask my ISP to fix their DNS > if they weren't giving reverses. It's just plain stupid. > > Gary > -- > Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member > FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yossarian Holmberg (yossman) yossman@canweb.net System Administrator, National Online http://www.canweb.net/~yossman/ my statements are my own, not my employer's -- i do not speak for them. '... and if i die, before i learn to speak .. can money pay for all the days i've lived awake but half asleep?' -- Primitive Radio Gods, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand"
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