Re[2]: IP address allocation

[Terry <tech () futurecourse com>]

On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 4:52 PM, Scott wrote:

> This is totally up to the ISP itself.  They may have had the block
> previously allocated to something else that they did reverse DNS for.

> They may also do reverse DNS for sanity sake.  Lots of ISPs give a
> location and other information as to where the IP is allocated.  For
> instance, comcast has: 68.82.4.14

> This IP resolves back to

> pcp01631289pcs.tybout01.de.comcast.net

> the de signifies that the IP is in Delaware.  I don't know the rest but it
> helps them identify the region that the IP is allocated.


Hi Scott,

Thanks for the reply.  That is what the records appear to be.

-- 
Terry


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