[69232] in North American Network Operators' Group
the value of reverse address lookups?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Douglas F. Calvert)
Wed Mar 31 19:22:19 2004
From: "Douglas F. Calvert" <douglist@anize.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:21:43 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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
