RFC: Turning off reverse hostname resolution by default in 1.10

[Will Fiveash]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 01:27:24PM -0400, Greg Hudson wrote:
> We are considering turning off rdns by default in MIT krb5 1.10.  In
> the past we've shied away from changing the default because we've been
> afraid of creating upgrade pain.  But after consideration, we're not
> sure there's likely to be much impact.
>
> Does anyone on this list intentionally rely on PTR lookups for
> Kerberos hostname canonicalization?

Solaris has never supported rdns hostname lookups by default.  I am not
aware of any complaints.

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Will Fiveash
Oracle
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