# Re: Reverse IP problem

Jan Luehe (Jan.Luehe@Eng)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:40:23 -0800 (PST)

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    Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:40:23 -0800 (PST)

    From: Jan Luehe <Jan.Luehe@Eng>

    Subject: Re: Reverse IP problem

    To: java-security@web2.javasoft.com, matt@tri-century.com

Matt:

> I tried to download one of your domestic-only products, and I live in
> the
> United States (or Canada), but the web site said it
> could not verify my location?
> A: In order to determine that the users who are
> downloading our domestic-only
> software are in fact in the United States or
> Canada, we need to be able to verify
> your domain. This requires that your domain return
> to our site a value as part
> of a reverse domain name lookup. If this value is
> not returned, the software can
> not verify your location and as a result, denies
> you the ability to download the
> software.

The following is a reply from our web engineering team:

> ugh. unfortunately, at the moment we can not do much for the people we can
> not verify because their server does not return a host when we ask for it. i
> am working on a solution to this, but it won't be for a few weeks at best.

Jan

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