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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: (over)zealous mail bouncing
To: jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon)
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> > > RARP?  Or was that just a belch in mid-sentence :-)?
> > 
> > Reverse Address Resoloution Protocol.  When someone connects to me,
> > I can always geet the IP address they are connecting from.  Using
> > RARP, I can turn the address into a machine name, and compare it
> > with what you tell me on the "HELO" and "MAIL FROM:" lines.
> 
> Uh, I think that was a brain fart.  RARP deals with the hardware address,
> eg: the Ethernet address.  You must have meant BIND.

Yes, yes, it was a brain fart.  8-(.  I mean reverse mapping, not
RARP.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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