[CLUE-Tech] reverse DNS

[Mike Staver]

 From what I understand, you only need it for things like this:

[staver at fimble staver]$ host 64.242.89.19
19.89.242.64.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer timmy.globaltaxnetwork.com

Basically, it makes logs easier to read :)  Without it, you'd have a 
bunch of numbers and I think it's helpful to see domain names attached 
to these numbers when I'm doing things like checking out logs.


Angelo Bertolli wrote:

> Can anyone explain to me why RDNS is important?  It's something that 
> I've never understood how it's useful to the way the Internet works.
> 
> Angelo
> 
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                                 -Mike Staver
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