RE: [Asrg] seeking comments on new RMX article

["Eric D. Williams" <eric@infobro.com>]

It introduces the possibility for "additional" mis-configuration, as does RMX. 
 The point is that an IP address, I think, SHOULD have only one canonical name.

-e

On Tuesday, May 06, 2003 2:43 PM, Vernon Schryver 
[SMTP:vjs@calcite.rhyolite.com] wrote:
> > From: "Eric D. Williams" <eric@infobro.com>
>
> > I stand corrected.  I do not see that as a best practice (esp. related to
> > secure configuration of an IP).
>
> I don't understand the second sentence.  How is a system's security
> affected by having more than one PTR RRs for an IP address?
>
> I would agree that because many applications and support tools don't
> understand multiple PTR RRs per IP address, it would be unwise to
> build a large scale protocol or application that depends on them being
> widely supported immediately.
>
>
> Vernon Schryver    vjs@rhyolite.com
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