[ale] resolving ip addresses

[Jonathan Rickman]

oops...forgot to mention

to resolve to a FQDN use:

jonathan at abacus:~$ dig -x 64.70.179.150

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> -x
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      150.179.70.64.in-addr.arpa, type = ANY, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
150.179.70.64.in-addr.arpa.  5h56m46s IN PTR  xcorps.net.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
179.70.64.in-addr.arpa.  5h56m46s IN NS  ns.valueweb.net.
179.70.64.in-addr.arpa.  5h56m46s IN NS  ns2.valueweb.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.valueweb.net.        14h6m26s IN A   216.219.253.211
ns2.valueweb.net.       14h6m26s IN A   216.219.254.10

;; Total query time: 4 msec
;; FROM: abacus to SERVER: default -- 127.0.0.1
;; WHEN: Wed Jun 27 15:43:33 2001
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 44  rcvd: 144

jonathan at abacus:~$

-- 
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net


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