On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:47:19PM -0400, Kyle McDonald wrote:
> Yep. I think I'll add the VerifyReverseMapping, as I run the DNS.

If you don't fear DNS attacks, sure.

> Is HostbasedUsesNameFromPacketOnly a security enhancement? or just an 
> option to work around broken reverse lookups?

It's a security feature.

Note that if HostbasedUsesNameFromPacketOnly then you're likely going to
be using short-form names in your known-hosts and .shots and
shosts.equiv files.  (I think.  It's been a while since I've played with
host-based userauth.)

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