Re: [Full-disclosure] Reverse dns

[Pete Hickey <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 09:57:57AM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote:

> I'm also looking for a list of things that *break* when you disable reverse 
> (e.g. mail).

> Tcpdump also doesn't like hosts that won't reverse.


Do you mean tcpdump, or tcpd?  tcpd, likes to do reverse
lookups.  Especially if compiled with the 'PARANOID' option.

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