IPv6 rDNS

Sat Oct 30 03:18:18 UTC 2010

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010, Randy Bush wrote:
> > http://www.fpsn.net/?pg=tools&tool=ipv6-inaddr
> 
> windows mentality, wrap it all in a complex gui that also washes your
> car.
> 
> use simple hack that just takes an ipv6 address and makes the bleeping
> reversed dotted to death lhs of the ptr record.  
> 
> rmac.psg.com:/Users/randy> host 2001:418:1::61
> Host 1.6.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.8.1.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> 

But Randy, everyone has a web browser installed. Not everyone has perl, python,
cc, or such installed.

:-)

Adrian

(I wonder if FreeBSD-1.0's complete, non-X install footprint (sub-40meg) was smaller
than an install of Firefox. :-)