[dns-operations] cloudflare-dns.com doesn't have reverse DNS

Fred Morris m3047 at m3047.net
Tue Sep 19 17:02:15 UTC 2023


But notice that their infrastructure servers do have reverse DNS. I
don't know that I really have an ask here, other than an observation
that it's nice when DNS works; and when it doesn't it's not that
difficult to synthesize PTR records from observed traffic. (Further
editorializing deleted.)

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Fred Morris

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# dig cloudflare-dns.com
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35599
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 7

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;cloudflare-dns.com.            IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
cloudflare-dns.com.     82      IN      A       104.16.248.249
cloudflare-dns.com.     82      IN      A       104.16.249.249

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
cloudflare-dns.com.     171975  IN      NS      ns2.cloudflare-dns.com.
cloudflare-dns.com.     171975  IN      NS      ns1.cloudflare-dns.com.
cloudflare-dns.com.     171975  IN      NS      ns3.cloudflare-dns.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.cloudflare-dns.com. 171975  IN      A       162.159.0.33
ns2.cloudflare-dns.com. 171975  IN      A       162.159.1.33
ns3.cloudflare-dns.com. 171975  IN      A       162.159.2.9
ns1.cloudflare-dns.com. 171975  IN      AAAA    2400:cb00:2049:1::a29f:21
ns2.cloudflare-dns.com. 171975  IN      AAAA    2400:cb00:2049:1::a29f:121
ns3.cloudflare-dns.com. 171975  IN      AAAA    2400:cb00:2049:1::a29f:209

# dig -x 104.16.248.249
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 60630
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;249.248.16.104.in-addr.arpa.   IN      PTR

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
16.104.in-addr.arpa.    3600    IN      SOA     cruz.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2288625500 10000 2400 604800 3600

#  dig mozilla.cloudflare-dns.com
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56983
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 7

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mozilla.cloudflare-dns.com.    IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mozilla.cloudflare-dns.com. 300 IN      A       172.64.41.4
mozilla.cloudflare-dns.com. 300 IN      A       162.159.61.4

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
mozilla.cloudflare-dns.com. 299 IN      NS      dorthy.ns.cloudflare.com.
mozilla.cloudflare-dns.com. 299 IN      NS      terin.ns.cloudflare.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
terin.ns.cloudflare.com. 85645  IN      A       108.162.193.236
terin.ns.cloudflare.com. 85645  IN      A       172.64.33.236
terin.ns.cloudflare.com. 85645  IN      A       173.245.59.236
dorthy.ns.cloudflare.com. 85645 IN      A       108.162.192.249
dorthy.ns.cloudflare.com. 85645 IN      A       172.64.32.249
dorthy.ns.cloudflare.com. 85645 IN      A       173.245.58.249

# dig -x 172.64.41.4
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 27383
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;4.41.64.172.in-addr.arpa.      IN      PTR

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
64.172.in-addr.arpa.    2948    IN      SOA     cruz.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2280027582 10000 2400 604800 3600

# dig -x 162.159.0.33
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 7716
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 7

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;33.0.159.162.in-addr.arpa.     IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
33.0.159.162.in-addr.arpa. 1800 IN      PTR     ns3.cloudflare.com.

# dig cruz.ns.cloudflare.com
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41140
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 21

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;cruz.ns.cloudflare.com.                IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
cruz.ns.cloudflare.com. 86353   IN      A       172.64.32.88
cruz.ns.cloudflare.com. 86353   IN      A       108.162.192.88
cruz.ns.cloudflare.com. 86353   IN      A       173.245.58.88

# dig -x 172.64.32.88

; <<>> DiG 9.12.3-P1 <<>> -x 172.64.32.88
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 31715
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 10

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1280
; COOKIE: 44c3fd36426feb1af0830e666509ca1431cd55e8888dcc1f (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;88.32.64.172.in-addr.arpa.     IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
88.32.64.172.in-addr.arpa. 1800 IN      PTR     cruz.ns.cloudflare.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
64.172.in-addr.arpa.    1374    IN      NS      cruz.ns.cloudflare.com.
64.172.in-addr.arpa.    1374    IN      NS      kevin.ns.cloudflare.com.

# dig one.one.one.one
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4317
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 7

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;one.one.one.one.               IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
one.one.one.one.        300     IN      A       1.0.0.1
one.one.one.one.        300     IN      A       1.1.1.1

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
one.one.one.            2067    IN      NS      terin.ns.cloudflare.com.
one.one.one.            2067    IN      NS      dorthy.ns.cloudflare.com.

#  dig -x 1.0.0.1
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33563
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 9

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;1.0.0.1.in-addr.arpa.          IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
1.0.0.1.in-addr.arpa.   1800    IN      PTR     one.one.one.one.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
0.0.1.in-addr.arpa.     86400   IN      NS      ns3.cloudflare.com.
0.0.1.in-addr.arpa.     86400   IN      NS      ns7.cloudflare.com.

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