What is a PTR (pointer) record?
A pointer record* resolves an IP-address to a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
This is an example of a PTR record:
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Entry Type
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IP Address
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Entry Name
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PTR
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192.168.1.1
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Mail.mydomain.com
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Why use a PTR? Some companies use this as part of their security protocol.
A pointer record’s main use is to check whether a server name matches/associates with the IP address from where the connection was initialized.
To request a PTR record customer has to either contact our technical support team or send the following information to a moderator at the Comcast Business forum community.
- Full Name
- Account Number
- DNS Entry
- EX: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx àmydomain.com.
* PTR records are also called Reverse DNS records. To learn more about DNS, click here.
