[Bug 549] Login Delay / Remove unwanted reverse map check

Carson Gaspar carson at taltos.org
Sat May 3 20:31:14 EST 2003


--On Saturday, May 03, 2003 12:39 PM +1000 bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org 
wrote:

> configuration              requires it.  Authentication mechanisms that
> may require DNS in-              clude RhostsAuthentication,
> RhostsRSAAuthentication,              HostbasedAuthentication and using

HostbasedAuthentication? It shouldn't require DNS, as the name of the host 
is included in-band. And as it is cryptographically authenticated, using 
DNS to "validate" it is pointless.

-- 
Carson




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