February-March 2002
slideset 7 -4
Mapping
of addresses to reverse
nMapping
from names to addresses is common:
bert.secret-wg.org A 193.0.0.4
nSometimes
one wants to know which name comes with a given address. If you can translate the address to a
FQDN one can use the DNS
nDesign
goal: Delegate maintenance of the reverse DNS to the owner of the address block