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Old 09-08-2005, 11:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
cyrnel
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Reverse lookups are answered from in.addr records set up by the owner of the address space. In these days of overloaded IPv4 space, with potentially tons of virtual sites at each address, reverse lookups are often wrong. Many hosting providers no longer maintain them beyond "company x hosting" or similar. With a hosting account at a single address you can probably get help having the records modified. If you're behind a residential connection or a hosting reseller it can be difficult or impossible to get provider support for in.addr changes at all.

Edit: Of course, can't hurt to ask!
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