How do I test reverse lookups?

Wed Nov 24 12:22:31 UTC 1999

Greetings,

On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Yan Seiner wrote:

> The title says it all...
> 
> --Yan

   On a Unix/Linux box type:

      host 123.456.654.321

   And it will return the hostname for that IP address...

i.e.
      # host 209.69.220.68
      Name: home.nuge.com
      Address: 209.69.220.68
      Aliases:

      --- Jay

             /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~\
            |  Jay Nugent                 jjn at nuge.com |____|
            |  Nugent Telecommunications  www.nuge.com |
            |  Web-Pegasus          www.webpegasus.com |
            |  (734)971-1076        (734)971-4529 /Fax |
            |                                          |
            | ISP & Modem Performance Monitoring Svcs. |
            | Discount Reseller of 123.Net ISP Services|
            | Internet Consulting / Linux SysAdmin     |
            | Web Hosting / DNS Hosting / Shell Accts. |
            | Embedded Controllers / Engr. & Design    |
         /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/   |
         \_________________________________________\__/

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