Re: Can't start 2nd DNS service

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

Alfee Chow wrote:
> 
> Kelvin,
> 
> That means reverse does matter. I will test it today.
> By the way, how the telnet is working ??? Why I telnet
> with real IP address to a Linux server from a PC will
> take more than a minute ?  How telnet will use DNS
> service if I supply it with absolute IP address ???

When you telnet to the machine, it tries to do a reverse
lookup on your IP to check against denied domains and
for logging purposes.  If reverse DNS is not setup right,
this lookup will timeout in about 1-2 minutes.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com