RFC 1101:DNS Encoding of Network Names and Other T...
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... suffix IN-ADDR.ARPA, and do a PTR query. ...
... IN-ADDR.ARPA. 3. Do a PTR query. Get back 0.0.0.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA ...
... IN-ADDR.ARPA. 3. Do a PTR query. Get back 0.0.9.128.IN-ADDR.ARPA ...
... 1. As before construct a query for 0.0.9.128.IN-ADDR.ARPA. Retrieve: ...
... RR was found, repeat using mask from RR (255.255.255.0), constructing a query for 0.2.9.128.IN-ADDR.ARPA. Retrieve: ...
... 3. Since another A RR was found, repeat using mask 255.255.255.240 (x'FFFFFFF0'). constructing a query for 16.2.9.128.IN-ADDR.ARPA. Retrieve: ...



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