[ale] null.null.host oddity

[matty91 at bellsouth.net]

I assume your /etc files are fubar. What are the contents
of /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts? What IP is assigned
to your box?

- Ryan

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Brian wrote:

> I ran across an odd thing that's trigerring my
> paranoia meter to its peak. I started seeing my
> machine and other machines on the lan identified as
> host1(??)-null.null.bellsouth.net.
>
> ie. host13-null.null.bellsouth.net (192.168.1.20) //
> private ip ...
>
> Why am I seeing a bellsouth.net (on a private ip!)
> domain while I'm not even with them. I'm with
> speedfactory. I can't even see such entries on my
> hosts files, etc.. in my machines.
>
> I noticed it a couple of times today but can't figure
> out any reason. I noticed it in an ssh login to
> another local machine and in a console on my
> workstation.
>
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