Simple reverse lookup query question.

[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Kevin Darcy wrote:

> Since 208.187.215.3 is what fls.i8u.org resolves to, I would guess
> that this is someone running "nslookup" against your server. nslookup
> always tries to reverse-resolve the address of whatever nameserver it
> uses. Turn on query logging: do you see a forward lookup from this
> same address immediately after the reverse lookup?

I really should read some RFC's. :) Am I supposed to resolve the reverse?
This responsibility surely isn't delegated to me.

I suppose this is one of the new features of 8.2.3?

> As for the "who are they?" question, there is no reverse resolution
> for that address. It's in a netblock owned by Exodus Communications.
> You could try asking them.
>
> Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>
> > I keep getting the following error. Why are they querying me for my
> > reverse? And who are they?
> >
> > Feb 14 11:58:16 fls.i8u.org named[177]: denied query from [209.225.33.188].32217 for "3.215.187.208.in-addr.arpa"

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