reverse dns | /var/logs/paulooi.log https://logs.paulooi.com Systems Admin, Web Development and etc Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:38:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Reverse DNS Lookup with Dig https://logs.paulooi.com/reverse-dns-lookup-with-dig.php https://logs.paulooi.com/reverse-dns-lookup-with-dig.php#respond Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:51:28 +0000 http://systems.takizo.com/?p=1127 Reverse DNS, in simple explanation it means that resolve your IP address into hostname. Nowaday it became a must have requirement for mail server’s IP address. It is also one of the method to determine your mail server IP is...

The post Reverse DNS Lookup with Dig first appeared on /var/logs/paulooi.log.]]> Reverse DNS, in simple explanation it means that resolve your IP address into hostname. Nowaday it became a must have requirement for mail server’s IP address. It is also one of the method to determine your mail server IP is glue to the hostname.

Here is how to find out the reverse DNS IP address is pointed to which DNS server for zone delegation.


dig -x 175.136.188.90

; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> -x 175.136.188.90
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 21938
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;90.188.136.175.in-addr.arpa.   IN      PTR

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
136.175.in-addr.arpa.   10800   IN      SOA     ns1.tm.net.my. dnsadm.tmnet.com.my. 2011012113 10800 3600 604800 86400

;; Query time: 37 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sat Jan 22 19:39:12 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 111

The result above shown

  • The SOA record shown the IP Address is pointed to ns1.tm.net.my for reverse DNS delegation.
  • The zone 136.175.in-addr.arpa is delegating the IP 175.136.188.90

This command is pretty useful when you want to find out is the reverse DNS delegation works correctly.

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