Ian Eiloart wrote:
--On 19 June 2009 12:54:17 +0200 Alessandro Vesely <vesely(_at_)tana(_dot_)it>
wrote:
What about the other way around: given a domain and an IP address, can we
say whether the IP address "is a member of" the domain?
[...]
The DNS is used to express relationships between IP addresses and domain
names, but there are many types of relationship - like MX records, A
records.
A records. MX bear no IP address. Other records may hold an IP
address, e.g. TXT, thus providing possibly weaker relationships.
"is a member of" sounds like it might mean "is owned by" or "is
assigned to", but IP addresses are assigned to real world organisations,
not domain names.
You're right, the admins of a domain may put whatever A records in
their zone files. I have to add that I get the domain name _from_ the
given IP. In that case, if I'm able to find a record in the domain's
zone that confirms that relationship, can I safely deduce that the
membership relation holds?
There's no necessary relationship when sending SMTP, unfortunately.
Agreed. But why do you say "unfortunately"? Do you mean that it would
always be preferable to attribute responsibility based on the IP
delegation hierarchy, rather than on the names' one, or have we always
tried to go the former way just because the IP address of the remote
host is easier to obtain?
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