Net::DNS can do reverse lookups. This was taken almost verbatim from the docs:
use strict; use warnings; use Net::IP; use Net::DNS; my $ip = new Net::IP($ARGV[0],4); print $ip->reverse_ip()."\n"; print "Resolving ...\n"; my $res = Net::DNS::Resolver->new; my $answer = $res->query($ip->reverse_ip(),'PTR'); my $namer = $answer->{'answer'}[0]; if ($namer->{'ptrdname'}) { print "PTR Name: $namer->{'ptrdname'}\n"; } else { print "N/A\n"; }
Gives:
C:\temp>perl revlookup.pl 66.39.54.27 27.54.39.66.in-addr.arpa. Resolving ... PTR Name: ads.perlmonks.org

In reply to Re: Reverse nslookup by leighsharpe
in thread Reverse nslookup by Anonymous Monk

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