Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 13:32:23 -0400 From: Damian Gerow <dgerow@afflictions.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!! Message-ID: <20050517173223.GE27398@afflictions.org> In-Reply-To: <4289E2F2.5020508@mac.com> References: <20050516203932.0A38316A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <20050516212521.GB57460@freebie.xs4all.nl> <4289176C.5070409@mac.com> <20050517094632.GB73393@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <4289E2F2.5020508@mac.com>
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Thus spake Chuck Swiger (cswiger@mac.com) [17/05/05 08:27]:
: I wasn't motivated enough to compare the headers versus other postings, or
: to check whether the IP that claimed to be "hub.freebsd.org" actually is--
: if you control reverse DNS for some netblock, you can make any box claim to
: be a certain hostname.
There's more than just reverse DNS trickery going on:
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If that's a forgery, then I'm *very* impressed.
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