the value of reverse address lookups?
Douglas F. Calvert
douglist at anize.org
Thu Apr 1 00:21:43 UTC 2004
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
justification for this practice? In my opinion it does not appear to
increase the validity of the connection. But I may be missing something
obvious.
Thanks in advance...
--dfc returns to lurk mode
Douglas F. Calvert
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