how DNS client perform reverse lookup
Kevin Darcy
kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Tue Jan 25 02:45:28 UTC 2005
Keith Ng wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Would someone tell me how DNS client perform reverse lookup? Is there
>any root servers like forwards lookup for the in-addr.apra domain?
>
.arpa is delegated from the root zone, in-addr.arpa is delegated from
that. What is it exactly that you want to know? There's no need for an
"in-addr.arpa" hints file: that's only necessary for the very apex of
the namespace, i.e. the root zone itself. Once you can find the root,
you can find everything underneath it.
- Kevin
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