On 7/17/05, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P.S. Skip the reverse DNS part unless you really need it. That part > can cause more headaches than it will likely ever be worth in a > smallish network like the one you describe.
Preparing for a reverse lookup is rather simple; there are plenty of examples available with the system. Providing such a lookup will probably save you the annoyance of having to wait for ssh logins, etc. As listed in the FAQ: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#RevDNS > P.P.S. No, you don't need to register a domain if you take the > approach Jason & langdeldt.net describe for your local network If you have both an external and an internal domain, you may want to separate the two: domain.tld for the external one; domain.local for the internal version. Cheers, Rogier -- If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there.