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From: stealth@engin.umich.edu (Mike Pelletier)
Subject: gethostbyaddr() failing
Message-ID: <1990Dec16.191345.22482@engin.umich.edu>
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Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 90 19:13:45 GMT

I'm running a daemon on a Sparcstation here, and it's running into
problems when people connect to it from dial-in ports on the Merit network.
The person connects, but the connection is immediately closed, after
the program logs:


Dec 16 13:47:19 arrakis irciid[5321]: gethostbyaddr: ccb3.merit.edu !=
	35.1.48.130

However:

130.48.1.35.in-addr.arpa	host name = ccb3.merit.edu

but, 

Non-authoritative answer:
Host name:   ccb3.merit.edu
Address:     35.1.48.129

The program is a modified telnetd, I gather.  Any suggestions on how
to get around this difficulty?

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