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Date:      Thu, 3 Aug 2000 17:49:55 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>
To:        Jon <jon@state.net>
Cc:        Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>, David Daugherty <doc@wcug.wwu.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rev DNS on SSh
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008031742320.1392-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>
In-Reply-To: <39899113.D159A89A@state.net>

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On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Jon wrote:

> > > > How can I stop reverse dns on every ssh? I've looked in the /etc/ssh and
> > > > /etc/ssh2 and can't find any lines pertaining to this.
> > >
> > > What's the problem?  This is a good thing (for security, anyway.)
> 
> Well, not always.  I had to disable it because the daemon was
> running behind a firewall w/ NAT.

Nothing a properly configured local dns server couldn't fix.

By the way, I should point out, the original poster wasn't using the
sshd which is distributed with FreeBSD, but the ssh2 port.  OpenSSH
doesn't have the 'RequireReverseMapping' option, because it is always
on.

-Paul.



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