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Re: ALL: PARANOID from /etc/hosts.deny Should be Commented by default



On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 10:43:27AM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 09:45:23PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 07:29:26PM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > > Aye, but I believe it was Hamish who suggested that PTRs should be made
> > > mandatory.
> > 
> > That's right. There is no good reason for them not to exist.
> 
> Here's where theory and practice come into play. I only have a small chunk
> of 203.36.158.* (113-127, afaik), so how can you DNS-delegate that? At
> least, if there is a way, Telstra haven't figured it out yet.

If they are familiar with the IETF and RFCs they might want to read
RFC 2317.

Of course it's also possible to simply delegate each IN-ADDR.ARPA
address :)

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