> In fact many ISP's only allow their clients to update the forward maps since > they don't want to set those blocks of addresses into SWIPPED mode. > > T. It's quite possible to allow individual machines to update their reverse records without having to delegate the name space to the customer. TCP is a strong enough authenticator for this role. Mark > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Manning" <bmanning@xxxxxxx> > To: "Mark Andrews" <Mark_Andrews@xxxxxxx> > Cc: "Richard Shockey" <richard@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Dave Crocker" > <dcrocker@xxxxxxxx>; "Jeroen Massar" <jeroen@xxxxxxxxx>; <ietf@xxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:05 PM > Subject: Re: problem dealing w/ ietf.org mail servers > > > > On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 07:57:58AM +1000, Mark Andrews wrote: > >> > >> A mobile machine can register its current addresses in the > >> DNS regardless much more easily than it can register its > >> reverse PTR records. > > > > er... both are registering things in the DNS. manipulation > > of the farward map is occasionally easier than manipulation > > of the reverse map... which i think is what you are trying > > to say. > > > > and it is often true that those who manage the forward DNS map > > are -NOT- the same folks that manage the reverse DNS map. > > > > > > --bill > > > > Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and > > certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf mailing list > > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.134 / Virus Database: 270.4.4/1532 - Release Date: 7/3/2008 > 8:32 AM > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf