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From: bobh@wasatch.com (Bob Hauck)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
Date: 21 Sep 1996 16:45:20 GMT
Organization: Wasatch Communications
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In article <slrn546cbc.c5o.cbbrowne@wolfe.brownes.org>,
cbbrowne@wolfe.brownes.org (Christopher B. Browne) writes:
> In article <51ulln$160@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie>, David Malone wrote:
>>Not that there is any good reason why a machine shouldn't have DNS
>>records. I'm considering denying people with no DNS records access
>>here, like the good old anonymous ftp people do...
> - If I'm connecting through an ISP, is it guaranteed that I will
> have a DNS record?
No, your ISP may not be on the ball.
> I'm not aware that my ISP puts an entry into their DNS tables when
> I log in.
They don't. They have "generic" names for each IP that might be
assigned to you when you log in. Names like "ppp1.isp.com". So
you don't get a name of your choice, but you do get a name for
purposes of reverse lookup.
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Bob Hauck bobh@wasatch.com
Wasatch Communications Group http://www.wasatch.com