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PTR · in-addr.arpa · ip6.arpa

Bulk reverse DNS lookup.

Paste up to 100 IPv4 or IPv6 addresses and get the PTR hostname for each. Lookups run in parallel through Cloudflare DNS-over-HTTPS — typical batch resolves in under a second.

Max 100 per request · works with v4 and v6

How reverse DNS works

DNS isn't only used to turn names into addresses — there's a parallel zone tree under in-addr.arpa (IPv4) and ip6.arpa (IPv6) that maps addresses back to names. To look up 8.8.8.8, the resolver issues a PTR query for 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. IPv6 uses nibble-reversed form, e.g. 2606:4700::1111 becomes 1.1.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.7.4.6.0.6.2.ip6.arpa.

JSON API

POST /api/reverse-dns with body { "ips": ["8.8.8.8", "1.1.1.1"] }. CORS-enabled, no auth. Same 100-IP cap. See the tools index for sibling utilities.