BibUpload: add reverse DNS lookup to upload authorization

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BibUpload: add reverse DNS lookup to upload authorization #566

Closed tsgit closed 3 years ago

tsgit commented 3 years ago

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Schwander thorsten.schwander@gmail.com

tsgit commented 3 years ago

this is sub-optimal, because it introduces dependency on DNS lookup (CERN DNS has been unstable lately) and delays from socket timeout. It also potentially opens the system up to a DOS from those timeouts.