Reverse Lookup/Split DNS

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9o6o5r$j8l at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
those who know me have no need of my name  <not-a-real-address at usa.net> wrote:
>>I think the US government lifted their restrictions on distribution of
>>128-bit browsers, so Microsoft and Netscape no longer try to use reverse
>>DNS to check whether you're coming from the US (it was a very poor way to
>>test, although as good as any other known technique).
....
>(actually they used to use ip registry information.  also a poor indicator
>of the physical position, much less geo-political orientation, of the
>downloader.)

If they used IP registry information rather than domain name info, why did
they reject clients who didn't have reverse DNS?

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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