On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:11:56 -0700 "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us> wrote: > Kurtis, > > > Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote: > > There are a hell of a lot traceroutes going on then... > > As pointed out by Keith privately, traceroutes are not the only culprit. > Telnet to a host from a private IP, it does a reverse lookup on your IP, > etc. Basically everything that triggers a reverse lookup adds to the > pain, but if reverse lookup is configured correctly on the local DNS > server it removes the pain for all apps as well. great. now we'll have NAT boxes intercepting outgoing DNS traffic also.