I presume this arose from my question on the other thread and was exactly the sort of thing the warning on ShieldsUP! was talking about. I assumed, as you probably did, that the reverse lookup would just result in the static IP address at the start rather than the dynamic one. I shall certainly watch out for this if I request a static IP address.

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I have just discovered that a Reverse DNS lookup on my IP address reveals my Plusnet account username.

I have raised a ticket to have this prevented, as apparently it can be. I have also posted in the Feedback section of the Community forums. If you were not aware of this and it worries you, you may like to raise a ticket and reply to that post expressing your concern.

Same for me, there's a form I've found buried deep in the Help Portal, to specifically request
this feature is removed, I've just filled it in

https://www.plus.net/wizard/?p=wizard&page=22425&wiz...

Thanks for drawing my attention to this Bob, and for the link to the help portal broadbandjockey.
I've also raised a ticket to ask for a change.
My rDNS entry not only reveals my account username but also personal information about me - I hadn't realised how it would be used when I chose the username!

Thanks - reposted over at the Plusnet forums - I wasn't aware of that one

Good man.

Added to my Plusnet links in my sig, should anyone want to find it quickly in future.

Another "thanks to broadbandjockey".

Given that the "burying" appears to be within the "Domain help" that's good digging. Not a place people without domain hosting from Plusnet are likely to be browsing out of idle curiosity.

It really shouldn't be the default for simple static(?) IPs. No-one has yet said it is only on statics.

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No-one has yet said it is only on statics.

I did a reverse lookup on a dynamic IP I had been allocated before I acquired a static address:

Nameserver pri.authdns.ripe.net. reports: No such host

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It really shouldn't be the default for simple static(?) IPs. No-one has yet said it is only on statics.

It does appear to be. My dynamic address doesn't show the user name, just the IP address.

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In reply to a post by broadbandjockey:

https://www.plus.net/wizard/?p=wizard&page=22425&wiz...

But the links at the bottom just take you to the login page and after that the main support page. Not tools are view. Long defunct I assume.

If you've logged in then the link works...