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Re: Getting a nodename from an IP address
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Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]>
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Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:08:31 -0700
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>At 02:38 PM 7/27/98 -0400, Joe wrote (in one of those serendipitously
>beautiful phrases!):
>
>>If you talking about standard "resolving" - then DNS is your best answer.
>>BIND/iX exists in FREEWARE mode (but not for the feint of heart).

Regarding a question about turning an ip into a domain name...

Maybe a better option would be:

in posix land: nslookup

in mpe land: ghn (available from http://qwebs.qss.com/ghn.zip)

Duane Percox ([log in to unmask]  v/650.372.0200x608 f/650.372.3386)
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