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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!eru.mt.luth.se!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.sgi.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.pbi.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nmia!maslow.cia-g.com!lithium From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: reverse DNS problems Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:00:48 -0700 Organization: New Mexico Internet Access Lines: 29 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961219125932.2337C-100000@maslow.cia-g.com> References: <599m5c$435@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: maslow.cia-g.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: michael charles bohlmann <mbohlman@students.uiuc.edu> In-Reply-To: <599m5c$435@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5464 This often happens when the forward and reverse lookup for you is different, and the other site thinks you are trying to spoof the connection. For example: x.x.x.10 resolved to hi.host.com hi.host.com resolved to x.x.x.20 They should be the same. Use another name server to check your forward and reverse lookups. On 18 Dec 1996, michael charles bohlmann wrote: > > We're running BSDI 2.1 on a Pentium Pro and having the following problem. > > Some domains apparently check to make sure a domain that is trying to > connect to them are properly setup or registered. When we try to connect > to a remote machine that is configured this way, it does not let us in. > The message on one mentions a possible problem with the DNS entry for our > host. We are properly registered, however, as far as I know. > > Any ideas? > > Mike > > >