I would think we'd need to provide a convenience function that uses the DNS subsystem to do PTR record lookups.
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Alan M. Carroll <a...@network-geographics.com> wrote: > There is no API to get the client hostname. I recommend doing the > gethostbyaddr_r directly as any API would simply be a wrapper around that. > > Monday, August 8, 2011, 4:26:40 AM, you wrote: > >> Hi, > >> Is it possible using the API to obtain the client's host name - i.e. a >> reverse DNS lookup? If not I guess it is safe to use gethostbyaddr_r to look >> it up from the client's IP address. > >> Thank-you, > >> Chris Reynolds. > > -- Theo Schlossnagle http://omniti.com/is/theo-schlossnagle
