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To: Kevin Darcy <kcd@daimlerchrysler.com>
Cc: dnsop@cafax.se
From: Jim Reid <Jim.Reid@nominum.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:49:51 -0800
In-Reply-To: Message from Kevin Darcy <kcd@daimlerchrysler.com> of "Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:44:50 EST." <3E7F4412.4060706@daimlerchrysler.com>
Sender: owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject: Re: [RETRANSMIT] Re: Radical Surgery proposal: stop doingreverse for IPv6.

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Darcy <kcd@daimlerchrysler.com> writes:

    >> Reverse DNS does uses, even for IPv6. They are not necessarily
    >> related to authentication. When reverse lookups of the hosts
    >> sending me email don't work, this is almost always an
    >> indication of spam.

    Kevin> Which is just another way of saying you're using it as a
    Kevin> (very porous) form of spammer-versus-not-spammer
    Kevin> authentication.

Indeed. But it's an effective first line of defence. It's not the
only one.
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