Re: All.Net's security testing service

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On Wed, 5 Apr 1995, Paul Ferguson wrote:

> > Does it work in the case of a user dialing in for PPP and then connecting
> > to all.net?
> No. It uses reverse domain mapping (gethostbyaddr) to direct its
> vulnerability testing.

If the user's PPP address is in the DNS with a name and a number, that
could easily be a 'Yes'.

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