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   Message 14,154 of 14,669   
   Emil Naepflein to Barry Margolin   
   Re: Reverse DNS optional?   
   11 Feb 15 06:12:17   
   
   From: netnewsegn@kabelmail.de   
      
   On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:42:32 -0500, Barry Margolin  wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   > Emil Naepflein  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 02:08:40 +0000 (UTC), glen herrmannsfeldt   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >F: Network administrators who don't configure reverse DNS should   
   >> >   be shot.   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
      
   Outgoing doesn't mean outgoing to the internet, but also outgoing to the local   
   local. Only pure servers may not make outgoing connections, but even they may   
   use rDNS for some purpose.   
      
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