[ale] null.null.host oddity

[Geoffrey]

I saw something similar when helping someone else configure a linux box 
on a bellsouth network.  I'm not sure if you're seeing another bellsouth 
client or if you're seeing one of there machines.

The interesting thing was that we saw it when looking for a windows 
printer, so the machine must have had windows file sharing turned. ;)

Basically this person had two machines connected to the network, one a 
windows box with a printer and the other a linux box.  We were trying to 
get the linux box to print to the windows printer.

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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