PUzzling sshd behaviour

[Bruce M Simpson]

On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 10:54:35PM -0300, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> >On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 08:46:46AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >>The fact that sshd requires reverse IP resolution is well-known
> >>behaviour.  It's probably the most common FAQ about sshd ("Why is my
> >>login taking 60 seconds to present the password prompt?").
> >
> >But what about:
> >     VerifyReverseMapping
> >             Specifies whether sshd should try to verify the remote host 
> >             name
> >             and check that the resolved host name for the remote IP 
> >             address
> >             maps back to the very same IP address.  The default is ``no''.
>
> AFAIK, that means the reverse mapping result will not be held against 
> you. :-)

This sounds like a bug. Does anyone else agree?

BMS