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Pymeus · 01-10-2015, 01:53 PM

Since my example doesn't show this, I should add that when forming an "in-addr.arpa" address from an IP address, you reverse the order of the octets.

(This octet-reversing behavior is pretty common when forming hostnames out of IP addresses. It's done to query a DNS RBL, for example.)

01-10-2015, 01:53 PM	#3
Pymeus Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Home MUD: tharel.net Posts: 36	Re: Resolving IP addresses Since my example doesn't show this, I should add that when forming an "in-addr.arpa" address from an IP address, you reverse the order of the octets. (This octet-reversing behavior is pretty common when forming hostnames out of IP addresses. It's done to query a DNS RBL, for example.)