Hi Johan,

you wrote in <xofu3ysunpy.fsf@emma.pdc.kth.se>:
> > If the IP address is reassigned to another host you will get the
> > wrong hostname.
> 
> Yes, but what are you doing with the information in utmp anyway?

Security checks.
 
> I see it as a general "nice to have" thing, I wouldn't die if it
> wasn't correct.

If I would e.g. see a login from a machine that I don't know I would
start to wonder and start searching for a security whole.

-- 
Matthias Scheler
tron@lyssa.owl.de