Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 4 May 2001 15:57:25 +0300
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To:        Andrew Barros <abarros@tjhsst.edu>
Cc:        "lists@mail.ru" <lists@mail.ru>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: reverse or not
Message-ID:  <20010504155725.Q13382@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <20010504084039.G9233@tjhsst.edu>; from abarros@tjhsst.edu on Fri, May 04, 2001 at 08:40:39AM -0400
References:  <5.0.2.1.2.20010503145244.00a12e50@nol.co.za> <Pine.BSF.4.30.0105031358300.26752-100000@R181204.resnet.ucsb.edu> <20010503170027.B9233@tjhsst.edu> <3AF1DC23.32BB39B3@globalstar.com> <3AF23077.55DEA3D8@mail.ru> <20010504084039.G9233@tjhsst.edu>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 08:40:39AM -0400, Andrew Barros wrote:
> 
> There are two things that I'm sure of
> 
> 	1) The boxes have correct reverse DNS
> 
> 	2) They use ns1.tjhsst.edu as their nameserver(a different box)
> 		which has the correct reverse DNS
> 
> The problem is that while these things are true, and out T1 is up
> it works normally. When the T1 goes out, it takes a _long_ time. Telnet
> ,however, is unaffected by this.

When you say 'correct reverse DNS', you do mean 127.0.0.1 too, right?
And (a stupid question, but one that needs asking nevertheless) ns1.tjhsst.edu
is reachable when your T1 goes down, right?

G'luck,
Peter

-- 
If there were no counterfactuals, this sentence would not have been paradoxical.

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010504155725.Q13382>