[Xitami] Console.log msgs

[Brian {Hamilton Kelly}]

In message <3B7C4185.99E31D4F@rci.rutgers.edu> Paul Reid writes:
> > who 192.168.0.2 is. ... That is an internal LAN address of the machine
> that xitami is running on.
> 
> Duh! That's right, that range is often used for internal private IP
> numbers, normally won't pass through routers, and certainly won't pass
> from USC to you (unless you are on the USC campus). So the apparent
> connection to USC is bogus. (I wonder how much excess load their DNS
> server gets for overlapping a private range.)

Duh, indeed!  192.168/16 is one of the ranges allocated under RFC-1918
for "private use", and should be NATted before "meeting the Internet".
However, knowing that there has to be SOME authority for any IP address,
these are registered (see whois.arin.net) with that blackhole address in
their SOA.

However, the fact that Xitami might apparently be performing rDNS
lookups, and moreover logging them in that strange format, is less
readily explained.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of
    distributed ignorance.  And we know and understand less while being incr-
    easingly capable."              Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs