Richard Welty wrote:
> as a practical matter, most software goes out to lunch if it gets more than
> one PTR record back from a query, which is why nobody ever does it.
I wouldn't say never ...
; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> 2.65.247.194.in-addr.arpa. ptr
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 4, Auth: 4, Addit: 4
;; QUESTIONS:
;; 2.65.247.194.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN
;; ANSWERS:
2.65.247.194.in-addr.arpa. 75888 PTR gnasher.sol.co.uk.
2.65.247.194.in-addr.arpa. 75888 PTR ns.sol.co.uk.
2.65.247.194.in-addr.arpa. 75888 PTR mailhost.sol.co.uk.
2.65.247.194.in-addr.arpa. 75888 PTR mailhost.taynet.co.uk.
[snip]
And that's just one I noticed while using SOL as an ISP (via Prestel).
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