reverse dns lookup is not really special compared to a regular dns lookup.
you just need to look up a special name:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/info/revdns.htm
to format the ip address properly use something like:
def rev_dns_string(ip_str):
nums = ip_str.split('.').reverse()
nums.extend(('in-addr', 'arpa'))
return '.'.join(nums)
-Chris
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 07:44:41AM -0700, laksh wrote:
> im looking for some advice regarding DNS lookup using python
>
> is it possible to give parameters like the IP of a DNS server and the
> DNS query to a python program and obtain the response from the DNS
> server ?
>
> please reply if u hav some idea or interest
>
> laksh
>
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