[ale] DirecTV DSL - No Reverse DNS

[Keith Hopkins]

Ben Alexander wrote:

> I am a DirecTV DSL customer and noticed that there was no reverse DNS
> associated with my IP.  I contacted Customer Support and they stated:
> "At this time we are not offering reverse DNS mapping to IP addresses."
> 
> Isn't it usually a common practice for ISPs to have reverse DNS
> associated with IP addresses?  I know some FTP servers will not let you
> connect if they cannot do a reverse lookup.  Anyone else think that this
> is strange?
> 
> Ben
> 


I have a similar, but different problem.  My reverse DNS points to a different hostname.  The reverse is maintained by my ISP, and they associate it with a preset name becuase it uses DHCP.  My domain lookup is done through DynDNS, and as a result, the two are unrelated.

Lost in Tokyo,
   Keith


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