On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:21:43 EST, "Douglas F. Calvert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> justification for this practice? In my opinion it does not appear to
> increase the validity of the connection. But I may be missing something
It tells you that the connection is coming from a netblock managed by
> "Adrian" == Adrian Chadd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adrian> if you reverse resolve, then some registry somewhere (ARIN,
Adrian> RIPE, APNIC, etc) recognises that network as having 'valid'
Adrian> contact details and has assigned someone reverse authority.
Adrian> It stops some IP bloc
Douglas F. Calvert wrote:
On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 19:59, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Douglas F. Calvert wrote:
I am interested in finding out what the motivation is for requiring
valid reverse address lookups before connecting to a daemon. I have
heard a number of different expla
On Wed, Mar 31, 2004, Douglas F. Calvert wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am interested in finding out what the motivation is for requiring
> valid reverse address lookups before connecting to a daemon. I have
> heard a number of different explanations, the majority of the responses
> point to history/trad
Douglas F. Calvert wrote:
What more is known about the mail sender or ssh client
just because the reverse address lookup goes through?
You have a clue as to who their ISP thinks they are...for starters. Also
its easier on the eyes in the logfiles.
Anyone care to give their thoughts on the
On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 19:59, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Douglas F. Calvert wrote:
>
> > I am interested in finding out what the motivation is for requiring
> > valid reverse address lookups before connecting to a daemon. I have
> > heard a number of different explanations, t
On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Douglas F. Calvert wrote:
> I am interested in finding out what the motivation is for requiring
> valid reverse address lookups before connecting to a daemon. I have
> heard a number of different explanations, the majority of the responses
> point to history/tradition and tc
Hello,
I am interested in finding out what the motivation is for requiring
valid reverse address lookups before connecting to a daemon. I have
heard a number of different explanations, the majority of the responses
point to history/tradition and tcpwrappers. Is there a commonly accepted
justifica
