Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 22:27:03 -0400 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Randall Hopper" <aa8vb@nc.rr.com>, "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ARG!!! 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostnam Message-ID: <006b01c0bb1c$685b5bb0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <20010401191551.A9281@nc.rr.com> <00f501c0bb13$2f4e3080$0e00000a@tomcat> <20010401214448.A12012@nc.rr.com>
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> |And what do you tell users when they try to use sites that require 128 bit > |encryption and that encryption level requires proper resolution of the > |address forward and backward? "Oh, we don't support that, it's not > |important..." ? I can hear a herd of users running for other ISPs... > > Ok, you've perked my interest. What does reverse DNS lookup have to do > with 128-bit encryption. You may be implying a specific form of encryption > (IPsec or something?). I use 128-bit/1024-bit encryption in my e-mail > daily, without reverse DNS ;-) Many SSL-enabled sites will refuse to connect with clients who have IPs without proper reverse-DNS entries. I can't say why, all I know is that from personal experience, *and* from working with the tech support people at an ISP I used to work for, this was a real big problem. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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