[Cryptography] IPv6 and IPSEC
Moritz
moritz at headstrong.de
Thu Aug 29 05:07:43 EDT 2013
> Since forward and reverse DNS will rarely match for IP addresses used by individuals
> rather than service providers, this change precludes home users of
> IPv6 from sending email to Gmail acccount.
> Note that this new restriction imposed by Gmail only applies to IPv6 addresses, not
> IPv4 addresses.
For many years now, most mail servers have been rejecting mails sent
from "dynamic IPs". And for IPv6 specifically, long before Gmail, a lot
of ISPs already required forward and reverse DNS to match.
--Mo
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