Bob Harold wrote: > I recall running into applications that refused to accept connections (or > took a very long time) if the reverse DNS lookup was not found. If memory > serves, telnet and ssh on some hosts. Do we know if there are still > applications like that?
Ubuntu has a long-standing bug that causes a 5-second delay in any reverse lookup that yields NXDOMAIN: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss-mdns/+bug/94940 > If so, then we (home users) need the reverse PTR. Personally, I would prefer to see Ubuntu, and any other software broken in similar ways, fixed. -- Andreas Gustafsson, g...@araneus.fi _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
