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When would rDNS actually be useful? It's probably a failure of imagination on my part that I can't think of a use case where I would want that. Why not just u
by coder543 6y ago
When would rDNS actually be useful?
It's probably a failure of imagination on my part that I can't think of a use case where I would want that.
Why not just use normal, forward DNS?
- cube00 6y agoIt's a requirement to send mail to some servers. "Set up valid reverse DNS records of your IP addresses that point to your domain." https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126
- Denvercoder9 6y agoHaving functioning and accurate reverse-DNS is required for mail servers, as lots of mailservers reject mail from servers without correct reverse DNS. There's likely other protocols where having functioning reverse DNS is a necessity or strongly advantageous as well.