[RFCI-Discuss] whois.gandi.net rejects hosts without reverse dns

[Derek J. Balling]

On Jan 30, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Abuse Desk wrote:
> On the contrary, we feel that in this case GANDI is merely enforcing
> Section "INSTRUCTIONS - Adding a host - Add the reverse IN-ADDR entry"
> of RFC1033 "DOMAIN ADMINISTRATORS OPERATIONS GUIDE" at
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1033.txt
>
> Your ire would be better directed at hostmaster at cableinet.net  
> (Telewest
> Communications Networks Limited) for not providing you with a reverse
> IN-ADDR entry (a PTR Record), preferably one that matches its A  
> Record.

I would concur with this assessment. You have a hard time getting me  
to subscribe to the "I don't have to obey the rules but they do" line  
of reasoning.

Any connection from an IP address which lacks a PTR record is a  
connection from a host that is not RFC1033 compliant. :-)

Cheers,
D

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