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Development Tools Technology Foundations DNS Basics Reverse DNS

Routine Poutine
Routine Poutine
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Routine Poutine
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"The PTR record would be 4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa" Does that ."arpa" ending have anything to do with the ARPANET?

Hi,

Does the "arpa" in this video have anything to do with the Advanced Research Projects Agency that helped build the internet?

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KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
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According to this page arpa in in-addr.arpa stands for “Address and Routing Parameter Area”