From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
    glen herrmannsfeldt  wrote:   
      
   > 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.)   
      
   You tell their IT Department "I'm trying to connect to our headquarters,   
   and I can't get in because you don't have proper reverse DNS."   
      
   --   
   Barry Margolin   
   Arlington, MA   
      
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