Yes, I agree with this. Both of the methods you have listed replace the
convenience of having reverse.
--Dean
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, JINMEI Tatuya / [ISO-2022-JP] [EMAIL PROTECTED]@C#:H(B wrote:
> >>>>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:57:43 +0100,
> >>>>> M�ns Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >> So the question is if security benefits provided by reverse lookups
> >> outweighs the disadvantages.
>
> > Security usage of reverse is so absurd (given that DNNSEC will not help if
> > someone tries to put another domain as RDATA in PTR records) that it is
> > irrelevant.
>
> Can we all really agree on this point? I know many people in this
> thread (regardless of their position about reverse mapping) said a
> similar point, but I still see those who believe in the "security
> benefit" of reverse mapping.
>
> If I'm wrong, then I'll be happy, and we can consider various
> approaches for the "convenience" purposes which may coexist each
> other. Such approaches will include:
>
> - wildcard reverse mapping for some upper zone
> - ICMPv6 node information queries
>
> JINMEI, Tatuya
> Communication Platform Lab.
> Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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