Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd From: ckd@cs.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: PTR records of gateways on the Internet Message-ID: Date: 10 Jan 91 03:02:23 GMT References: <1991Jan9.195641.17628@slcs.slb.com> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: 1000000011000101, Inc. Lines: 26 In-reply-to: 7thson@slcs.slb.com's message of 9 Jan 91 19:56:41 GMT Chris> == 7thson@slcs.slb.com (Chris Garrigues) writes: Chris> I was recently trying to map out some of the internet. [...] Chris> a) I found PTR records that pointed to names that weren't in the DNS. Chris> b) I found PTR records that pointed to names that mapped back to Chris> different addresses. And one of the big offenders here? The NSFNET NSSes! Chris> c) Many of these addresses mapped into names which only had one address. Chris> This either means that no entry was made for the other name or the two Chris> names are entirely unlinked. And, once again, the biggest offender? *.NSS.NSF.NET! How to you expect the regionals and campus networks to get this right when the folks who pass the long haul stuff don't seem to be bothering? (No, Chris, I'm not berating you. I'm displeased with these results too.) -- [ Christopher Davis - - <..!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd> ] A message destined for delivery in *your* domain is fair game for anything you may want to do, up to and including translating the entire message, header and all, into Swahili. -- chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)