From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   Barry Margolin  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Emil Naepflein  wrote:   
      
   (snip)   
      
   >> There are applications that use rDNS for authentication, filtering, ... .   
      
   > For those, this is the relevant case:   
      
   > C: Only hosts that make outgoing connections need DNS, don't waste   
   >   the time otherwise.   
      
      
   OK, but if you are using someone else's network, such as someone   
   you are working for, how do you tell them to fix it?   
      
   They seem to believe that if it has been working fine for years,   
   no problem.   (I presume no-one else complained.)   
      
   -- glen   
      
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