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Re: ASN Domain for rDNS

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Wed Dec 10 15:57:16 2014

X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Joe Abley <jabley@hopcount.ca>
In-Reply-To: <5487942A.8030009@ethoplex.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:57:05 -0500
To: Keefe John <keefe-af@ethoplex.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org


On 9 Dec 2014, at 19:30, Keefe John <keefe-af@ethoplex.com> wrote:

> I've been seeing more and more carriers(and even small ISPs) using =
asXXXX.net as their domain for rDNS on IP space.  What are the pros and =
cons for doing this versus using your primary business domain name?

When you are forced to change your name because of chapter 11, =
acquisition, rebranding, trademark challenge or a sudden need to =
distance yourself from previous senior management and their intense =
hatred of all customers, it's nice not to have to change all your =
reverse DNS.


Joe=

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