-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2008-01-17 at 20:32 +0100, Sandy Drobic wrote:
Does IP now send host names along with the IP address? Any such announcement would have to be application dependent. The name I've
No, unless the developer likes pain, the resolution is the job of the os.
If your box opens a connection to a remote server then the remote server only sees the ip address of your box. The only way to get a hostname for that ip address is to look up the ptr record of that ip from the authoritative dns server responsible for the address space that contains the ip address of your box.
I think there are exceptions, for example in email. Look, from one of mine: Received: from nimrodel.valinor (88.*.*.*) by ctsmtpout2.frontal.correo (7.2.056.6) (authenticated as ***) id *** for opensuse@opensuse.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:29:13 +0100 The smtp server of my ISP logs that my machine names itself as nimrodel.valinor, and then logs the real IP :-) - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHj7d+tTMYHG2NR9URApt2AJ9BxDW6iHbpXCW/BVo4TMhEL/vKCwCgiq6R lyQNay/Dsg8vwysz3GKuoWw= =hyp0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org