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   Message 2,846 of 4,612   
   Tony Langdon to Michiel van der Vlist   
   Re: Ziggo reverse DNS   
   31 Mar 19 08:16:00   
   
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   -=> On 03-30-19 12:00, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    MvV> Hello Tony,   
      
    MvV> On Friday March 29 2019 09:09, you wrote to me:   
      
    MvV>> Tunnels are good. Native is better.   
      
    TL> Native with your own reverse DNS is even better. :)   
      
    MvV> There is always something beter. But I consider configurable rev DNS a   
    MvV> bit of a vanity thing, It is my understanding that some things will not   
    MvV> work propely without rev DNS, and that having all IPv6 addresses   
    MvV> resolve to the same symbolic host name is a kludge that may cause other   
    MvV> problems. So I am glad that my ISP now has unique rev DNS for all their   
    MvV> entire IPv6 prefix range.   
      
   Might be the most practical for dynamic or privacy IPs, given the huge address   
   space.  I unly have reverse DNS for my configured static IPx.   
      
    MvV> Configurable rev DNA is too low on my wish list to change poviders.   
      
   Yeah, it's not really a biggie.   
      
      
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