the value of reverse address lookups?

Thu Apr 1 02:17:40 UTC 2004

Douglas F. Calvert wrote:

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> What more is known about the mail sender or ssh client
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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 legacy aspect? 
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I gather that most people here, far from viewing it as legacy, 
increasingly support more prejudicial treatment of those hosts without it...

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>Douglas F. Calvert
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