North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: To CAIS Engineers - WAKE UP AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS
> From: Frank Rizzo [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 3:09 PM > > On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 02:20:28PM -0700, Roeland Meyer wrote: > > > > I've had similar problem at SpeakEasy. They still don't > have a reverse-DNS clue. > > > > http://www.mhsc.com/recovery.htm > > > > None of the DSL ISPs can do larger than /27 anymore, even > when they're > > ILECs. Anything less than a /24 can't be SWIP'd and if you > don't control > > your in-addr.arpa entries you don't control your domain and have no > > security. > > wow, relying on dns for security is pretty freaking ignorant, > and so are you appearantly. that's okay, i'll shut up now because i'll be > busy playing with my reverse dns to get your hosts to trust me! Gee, I wish you knew what you were talking about. Basic security starts with reverse, see tcp_wrappers, SSH, Oracle (try and build a DB without reverse working right. Net8 stops you dead in your tracks). Half of my ACLs don't work right because reverse isn't correct. > ps - 32/27.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa., learn it, love it, live it. Thu May 10 22:59:09 [root:2]#> ps - 32/27.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. ERROR: Garbage option.
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