[Mimedefang] The .local TLD

[David F. Skoll]

On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:24:24 -0500
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 9:49 AM, David F. Skoll
> <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:50:37 +0200
> > Tilman Schmidt <t.schmidt at phoenixsoftware.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Am 17.08.2012 21:35, schrieb David F. Skoll:
> >> > RFC 1918 addresses don't typically leak out onto the Internet, so

> >> JFTR: Yes, they do.

> > Maybe a hop or two because of misconfigured routers, but not
> > typically all the way to a root name server (unless your ISP is
> > asleep.)

> Where do all the reverse DNS lookups go for the private-range IPs if
> you fire up a linux (etc.) name server without configuring it with
> your local ranges?

Ah, I was referring to actual packets routed to/from RFC 1918 addresses,
not reverse lookups.

Sure, x.y.z.10.in-addr.arpa probably does hit the root name servers pretty
often.

Regards,

David.