On Thu, 8 May 2003, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >> a paranoid lookup: name->ip->name and make sure it's sane.
> >> (My abuse/security/paranoid hat).
> >
> > If you're being paranoid, why use hostnames at all?
>
> My point. But, if we are going to allow hostnames, we ought to make
> sure the userbase (and us) understand the holes.
But _there are none_ if you only do forward lookups.
Matthew.