Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 23:22:49 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reverse dns Message-ID: <39834B29.153F1A5F@eboa.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007292346090.65152-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>
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Evren Yurtesen wrote: > > I know that when somebody wants to resolv xyz.com this is first asked to > root servers then to the dns server of the domain(which is found from the > root servers) > > But I wonder if you want to lookup the name given for an IP address > then how come the program knows which dns server to query? There are registrars like IANA, RIPE, etc. which dole out IP ranges. There is probably some algorithm to decide which registrar to query since I haven't heard about IP root servers. Mind you, haven't really given it much thought, either. Roelof -- UPC/Chello home http://nisser.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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