At 12:07 pm +0300 2004/10/25, Odhiambo G. Washington wrote:
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>(2) The host IP has a registered PTR RR and so I also don't see
> how the name can come up as "unknown".
because there is some problem with that resolution:
dig -x 62.8.70.75 ptr
; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> -x 62.8.70.75 ptr
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 45329
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
Giuliano