PTR (Pointer) RR Map an IP address to domain name (not restricted to this purpose, though) In case of IPv4 common and well-known upper level domain: in-addr.arpa. four levels under the top level domain 1 label for 1 byte of the address represent the address in the reverse order (the lowest byte appears first) 203.178.141.220 = www.kame.net. // dont' forget the trailing dot. 220.141.178.203.in-addr.arpa. 1D IN PTR www.kame.net.