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Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:02:33 +0000 From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com To: Ben Laurie <ben@links.org> Cc: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com, "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>, Perrys crypto list <cryptography@metzdowd.com> In-Reply-To: <47E51BD0.1070700@links.org> On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 02:46:40PM +0000, Ben Laurie wrote: > bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote: > > Er... Allow me the option o fdisbeleiving your assertion. > > PTR records can and do point to mutiple names. Some narrow > > implementations have assumed that there will only be a single > > data element and this myth - that PTRs only point to a single > > name - is and has been spread widely. > > You can disbelieve my assertion if you wish, but I am only quoting the > RFC. RFC 1035, to be precise: > > "Address nodes are used to hold pointers to primary host names > in the normal domain space." > > (section 3.5. IN-ADDR.ARPA domain). So, the "myth" is in the scripture. ah... open to interpretation. what is a "primary" host name? --bill > > -- > http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.links.org/ > > "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he > doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@metzdowd.com
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