Methods and systems for determining reverse DNS entries

• US 7,808,925 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2004
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Digital Envoy, Inc. (Landmark Media Enterprises LLC)
• Original Assignee: Digital Envoy, Inc. (Landmark Media Enterprises LLC)
• Inventors: Burdette, Jeffrey, Nystrom, John, Rizzuto, Joseph J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sefcheck; Gregory B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith; Joshua
• Application Number:
  US10/938,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20060056418A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,216 Days
• Field of Search: 370/395.31, 370/395.32, 370/395.52, 370/395.54
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]

Abstract

Systems and methods that determine reverse DNS entries for IP addresses are described. In one embodiment, a first group of consecutive IP addresses is identified, a first configured IP address in the first group is determined, wherein the first configured IP address has an associated first domain name, a first non-configured IP address in the first group is determined, and the first domain name is associated with a set of IP addresses from the first configured IP address to the first non-configured IP address.

Claims

1. A method for determining reverse DNS entries for IP addresses, comprising:

identifying, by a server, a first group of consecutive IP addresses, respective IP addresses in the first group of consecutive IP addresses having a reverse DNS entry associated therewith;

determining a first configured IP address in the first group, wherein the reverse DNS entry associated with the first configured IP address contains an associated first domain name;

determining a second configured IP address following the first configured IP address in the first group, wherein the reverse DNS entry associated with the second configured IP address contains an associated second domain name, said second domain name different than the first domain name;

determining an ending IP address in the first group, said ending IP address comprising a non-configured IP address immediately preceding the second configured IP address, wherein the reverse DNS entry associated with the non-configured IP address does not contain a domain name; and

filling, with the first domain name, the reverse DNS entry associated with each of one or more consecutive IP addresses of the first group of consecutive IP addresses beginning with an IP address immediately after the first configured IP address and ending with and including the ending IP address.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a second group of consecutive IP addresses in a determined route with the first group, respective IP addresses in the second group of consecutive IP addresses having a reverse DNS entry associated therewith; and

filling, with the first domain name, the reverse DNS entry associated with all or a plurality of IP addresses in the second group.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first group and second group of /24 groups.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the route is determined from an autonomous system routing table.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program code for determining reverse DNS entries for IP addresses, comprising:

program code for identifying a first group of consecutive IP addresses, respective IP addresses in the first group of consecutive IP addresses having a reverse DNS entry associated therewith;

program code for determining a first configured IP address in the first group, wherein the reverse DNS entry associated with the first configured IP address has contains an associated first domain name;

program code for determining a second configured IP address following the first configured IP address in the first group, wherein the reverse DNS entry associated with the second configured IP address contains an associated second domain name, said second domain name different than the first domain name;

program code for determining an ending IP address in the first group, said ending IP address comprising a non-configured IP address immediately preceding the second configured IP address, wherein the reverse DNS entry associated with the non-configured IP address does not contain a domain name; and

program code for filling, with the first domain name, the reverse DNS entry associated with each of one or more consecutive IP addresses of the first group of consecutive IP addresses beginning with an IP address immediately after the first configured IP address and ending with and including the ending IP address.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 5, further comprising:

program code for identifying a second group of consecutive IP addresses in a determined route with the first group, respective IP addresses in the second group of consecutive IP addresses having a reverse DNS entry associated therewith; and

program code for filling, with the first domain name, the reverse DNS entry associated with all or a plurality of IP addresses in the second group.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the first group and second group of /24 groups.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the route is determined from an autonomous system routing table.

9. A method for determining reverse DNS entries for IP addresses, comprising:

determining a route from an autonomous system routing table;

identifying, by a server, a first group of consecutive IP addresses in the route, respective IP addresses in the first group of consecutive IP addresses having a reverse DNS entry associated therewith;

determining a first configured IP address in the first group, wherein the reverse DNS entry associated with the first configured IP address contains an associated first domain name;

determining an ending IP address in the first group, said ending IP address comprising one of the last IP address in the first group of consecutive IP addresses or a non-configured IP address immediately preceding a second configured IP address, wherein the second configured IP address follows the first configured IP address, the reverse DNS entry associated with the second configured IP address contains an associated second domain name different than the first domain name, and the reverse DNS entry associated with the non-configured IP address does not contain a domain name; and

filling, with the first domain name, the reverse DNS entry of each of one or more consecutive IP addresses of the first group of consecutive IP addresses beginning with an IP address immediately after the first configured IP address and ending with and including the ending IP address.