What is PTR and how does it work?

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Wed Jul 11 22:06:25 UTC 2001


Kevin Darcy wrote:

> [...]
>
> E.g. the name of the reverse record for address 1.2.3.4 would be
> 4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa. Any PTR records owned by 4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa
> would be expected to point to a name which resolves to 4.3.2.1.

Um, I mean "a name which resolves to 1.2.3.4", of course.

What was I just saying about the reverse namespace being confusing...?


- Kevin




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