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Alex Harford (alexh@dowco.com)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:20:52 -0800 (PST)

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>
> Sorry to bother - I just noticed in my secure log that someone probed
> me from this IP:
> 158.252.1.102
>
> Could someone tell my which command it is that does a reverse DNS on
> an IP? I'd like to know where it came from.

nslookup does both things. Type in an ip, gives you a host, type in a
host, it gives you an IP.

You're output that you wanted is:

bash$ nslookup 158.252.1.102
Server: helium.dowco.com
Address: 206.12.26.1

Name: sdn-ar-004ohcincP325.dialsprint.net
Address: 158.252.1.102

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