Reverse lookup

[Barry Margolin]

In article <cc485h$2vv9$1 at sf1.isc.org>, c0rum_z at yahoo.com (c0rum_z) 
wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm very new to DNS, so my apology if this question has been asked. I
> tried to seacrh but none matches my problem.
> 
> I'm running linux and has named running.
> 
> I could do nslookup www.yahoo.com no problem but if I do 
> $nslookup 202.179.107.21
> Note:  nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases.
> Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead.  Run nslookup
> with
> the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing.
> > 202.179.107.21
> Server:         202.75.129.101
> Address:        202.75.129.101#53
> 
> ** server can't find 21.107.179.202.in-addr.arpa.: NXDOMAIN got this
> error

The reverse domain for 202.179.107/24 is not delegated.  I.e. there is 
no reverse DNS for that address.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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