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> (Reverse DNS? They require the forward address to point to you before they'll let you set it, as a "security measure".) Many hosters I've dealt with have req
by X-Istence 8y ago
> (Reverse DNS? They require the forward address to point to you before they'll let you set it, as a "security measure".)
Many hosters I've dealt with have required this to prevent abuse from someone reading the rDNS and assuming the IP address is related to someone it is not.
- stevekemp 8y agoI've heard this argument before, but it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. (Perhaps more annoyingly there is no ability to set reverse DNS for IPv6 the address allocated to a server.)