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Re: Reverse dns


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:02:19 -0500

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:37:07 CST, Paul Schmehl said:

3) Rather than hiding hostnames (which is a trivial security gain anyway) 
we should *move* hosts to private space unless their owners can provide a 
compelling reason for needing an internet-resolveable address.

And having done that, make sure they have PTR records visible in your private
network. :)

(The tough part is making sure that you *properly* deploy a split-view DNS so
you don't leak references to 1918 addresses to the outside world...)

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