What is the difference between forward lookup and reverse
lookup in DNS?

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What is the difference between forward lookup and reverse lookup in DNS?..

Answer / zgeorgem

Fwd Lookup resolves a Hostname to its IP address
Rev Lookup resolves a IP Address to its Hostname

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What is the difference between forward lookup and reverse lookup in DNS?..

Answer / guest

Forware Lookup resolves (converts) FQDN name into IP address
EX: www.allinterview.com into 192.168.5.253
Reverse Lookup resolves (converts)IP Address into FQDN

FQDN = Fully Qualified Domain Name

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What is the difference between forward lookup and reverse lookup in DNS?..

Answer / krishan chaudhary

IP address lookup is the process of translating between IP
addresses and Internet domain/computer names.
Forward IP address lookup :converts an Internet name to an
address.
Reverse IP address lookup :converts the number to the name.

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What is the difference between forward lookup and reverse lookup in DNS?..

Answer / md. shahid jamal

Forw: Resolves HostName to FQDN with IP Address
Reves: Resolves IP Address to HostName with Current IP
Address

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What is the difference between forward lookup and reverse lookup in DNS?..

Answer / florian

forward lookup resolves DNS to ip addresses while reverse
lookup it rrsolves ip addresses to DNS

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