{"id":5189,"date":"2018-05-16T16:32:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T16:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5189"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:09:05","password":"","slug":"check-reverse-dns","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/check-reverse-dns\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check your Reverse DNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a dedicated or a VPS or hosting that can access SSH, you can check you\u2019re the rdns by logging in to your ssh and running the following commands.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the reverse DNS determines whether there are ptr records associated with your domain.<\/p>\n<p><em>dig -x xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx<\/em><\/p>\n<p>replace <em>xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <\/em>with your real IP address eg<\/p>\n<p>dig \u2013x 1.3.3.4<\/p>\n<p>the result of the query is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION SECTION:;4.3.3.1.in-addr.arpa. 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