[H-GEN] interesting routing

[Martin Pool]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Martin Pool <martinp at mincom.com>)

Christopher Preston wrote:

> > Heheh.  I had a cronjob tracerouting nf every 5 minutes. I'd say he
> > noticed it, and put that in his dns :)  I noticed that in my logs and
> > shutdown the traceroute, as it has served its purpose. :)
> >
> 
> At least he was checking the logs!

I don't see how the person who that machine belongs to could have setup
the reverse DNS.  I guess probably isi.edu have set up a special entry
for it:

> ;; ANSWERS:
> 0.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.  50902   PTR     read-rfc1918-for-details.iana.net.
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
> 10.in-addr.arpa.        387250  NS      BLACKHOLE.ISI.EDU.
> 10.in-addr.arpa.        387250  NS      NS2.INTERNIC.net.

> Is that a rule or a guideline ;)

It should be a rule: aside from anything else, it may cause confusion
with people using the network themselves.

Roll on IPng.

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