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From: jhenders@bogon.com (John Henders)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
Date: 21 Sep 1996 00:13:05 -0700
Organization: Bogon Research
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In <slrn546cbc.c5o.cbbrowne@wolfe.brownes.org> cbbrowne@wolfe.brownes.org (Christopher B. Browne) writes:
>I'm not aware that my ISP puts an entry into their DNS tables when I log in.
>They may, but if they don't...
Try looking at the header of your own posting
From: cbbrowne@wolfe.brownes.org (Christopher B. Browne)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 19:06:04 -0500
Organization: UniComp Technologies International Corp -- Internet
Service
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Most providers provide both forward and reverse DNS for their dialup
ports. For one thing it make debugging problems much easier, and for
another it cuts down on customer complaints about not being able to log
into ftp sites like ftp.uu.net which refuse connections if your reverse
DNS is broken.
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