Re: Reverse DNS for eyeballs?

On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 5:40 AM Chris Adams <cma@cmadams.net> wrote:

Once upon a time, Forrest Christian (List Account) <lists@packetflux.com> said:

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I have a feeling that I might be stepping into a can of worms by asking this, but..

What's the current thinking around reverse DNS on IPs used by typical residential/ small business customers.

I don't see any benefit to programmatically-generated reverse DNS. I stopped setting it up a long time ago now. Really, reverse DNS these days is mostly only useful for:

- mail servers (where it shows a modicum of control and clue) - infrastructure/router IPs (so mtr/traceroute can show useful info)

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