DNS lookup
Everything DNS says about a domain: traced from the root servers down, every record type asked of the domain's own nameservers, each nameserver checked, then every hostname and policy record it points at followed, with SPF, DMARC, DKIM and DNSSEC checked along the way.
8.8.8.8
8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa
Zone 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa94 queries in 1.0 s2026-11-09 05:10:42 UTCNot DNSSEC-signed
- Warning Nameservers disagree on the SOA serial (1016230534 on ns1.google.com, ns3.google.com; 1016687210 on ns2.google.com, ns4.google.com). Normal when two DNS providers serve the zone, each numbering its own copy; otherwise some servers haven't picked up the latest change.
- Note 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa isn't signed with DNSSEC, so resolvers can't tell forged answers from real ones.
Records
Asked directly of ns4.google.com (216.239.38.10), an authoritative server: no cache in between, so these are the live values.
PTR Reverse pointer
| 86400 | PTR | dns.google. |
ANY query: 1 records
| 86400 | PTR | dns.google. |
No records of type A, AAAA, CNAME, DNAME, NS, SOA, MX, TXT, CAA, HTTPS, SVCB, SRV, NAPTR, DS, DNSKEY, CDS, CDNSKEY, NSEC3PARAM, TLSA, SSHFP, LOC, HINFO, RP, URI, SPF, OPENPGPKEY, ZONEMD, CSYNC.
Resolution trace
- .asked d.root-servers.net 199.7.91.137.2 ms
Referral to in-addr.arpa. signed (4 DS)
- a.in-addr-servers.arpa 199.180.182.53 2620:37:e000::53
- b.in-addr-servers.arpa 199.253.183.183 2001:500:87::87
- c.in-addr-servers.arpa 196.216.169.10 2001:43f8:110::10
- d.in-addr-servers.arpa 200.10.60.53 2001:13c7:7010::53
- e.in-addr-servers.arpa 203.119.86.101 2001:dd8:6::101
- f.in-addr-servers.arpa 193.0.9.1 2a13:27c0:30::1
192.36.148.17 failed: NOERROR
- in-addr.arpa.asked f.in-addr-servers.arpa 193.0.9.113 ms
Referral to 8.in-addr.arpa. signed (1 DS)
- r.arin.net 199.180.180.63 2001:500:f0::63
- u.arin.net 204.61.216.50 2001:500:14:6050:ad::1
- x.arin.net 199.180.180.63 2001:500:f0::63
- y.arin.net 192.82.134.30 2001:500:127::30
- z.arin.net 199.180.180.63 2001:500:f0::63
- arin.authdns.ripe.net 193.0.9.10 2a13:27c0:30::10
No glue for r.arin.net, u.arin.net, x.arin.net, y.arin.net, z.arin.net, arin.authdns.ripe.net: addresses looked up via a resolver.
- 8.in-addr.arpa.asked arin.authdns.ripe.net 193.0.9.1012 ms
Referral to 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. unsigned delegation
- ns4.google.com 216.239.38.10 2001:4860:4802:38::a
- ns3.google.com 216.239.36.10 2001:4860:4802:36::a
- ns1.google.com 216.239.32.10 2001:4860:4802:32::a
- ns2.google.com 216.239.34.10 2001:4860:4802:34::a
No glue for ns4.google.com, ns3.google.com, ns1.google.com, ns2.google.com: addresses looked up via a resolver.
199.180.180.63 failed: NOERROR
- 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa.asked ns3.google.com 216.239.36.1014 ms
Answer (authoritative):
8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. 86400 PTR dns.google.
Nameservers
Every address of every nameserver, asked for 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa's SOA. "Parent" means the 8.in-addr.arpa zone delegates to it; "zone" means 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa lists it itself.
| Nameserver | Listed in | Address | Status | Serial | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ns1.google.com | parent + zone | 216.239.32.10 glue | authoritative | 1016230534 | 14 ms |
| 2001:4860:4802:32::a glue | authoritative | 1016230534 | 15 ms | ||
| ns2.google.com | parent + zone | 216.239.34.10 glue | authoritative | 1016687210 | 27 ms |
| 2001:4860:4802:34::a glue | authoritative | 1016687210 | 28 ms | ||
| ns3.google.com | parent + zone | 216.239.36.10 glue | authoritative | 1016230534 | 14 ms |
| 2001:4860:4802:36::a glue | authoritative | 1016230534 | 14 ms | ||
| ns4.google.com | parent + zone | 216.239.38.10 glue | authoritative | 1016687210 | 6.8 ms |
| 2001:4860:4802:38::a glue | authoritative | 1016687210 | 7.8 ms |
DNSSEC
8.8.8.in-addr.arpa isn't signed: no DS at the parent and no DNSKEY in the zone.
Hosts and reverse DNS
Every hostname the records point at, resolved to its addresses; each address's PTR (reverse DNS), with ✓ where the PTR name resolves back to the same address.
| Host | Address | Reverse DNS (PTR) |
|---|---|---|
ns1.google.com nameserver | 216.239.32.10 | ns1.google.com ✓ |
| 2001:4860:4802:32::a | ns1.google.com ✓ | |
ns2.google.com nameserver | 216.239.34.10 | ns2.google.com ✓ |
| 2001:4860:4802:34::a | ns2.google.com ✓ | |
ns3.google.com nameserver | 216.239.36.10 | ns3.google.com ✓ |
| 2001:4860:4802:36::a | ns3.google.com ✓ | |
ns4.google.com nameserver | 216.239.38.10 | ns4.google.com ✓ |
| 2001:4860:4802:38::a | ns4.google.com ✓ | |
dns.google PTR target | 8.8.4.4 | dns.google ✓ |
| 8.8.8.8 | dns.google ✓ | |
| 2001:4860:4860::8888 | dns.google ✓ | |
| 2001:4860:4860::8844 | dns.google ✓ |
Public resolvers
What four public resolvers answer right now, from their caches. Highlighted values differ from the authoritative answer: either a recent change they haven't picked up yet (the TTL says how long until they do), or, for A and AAAA, a CDN or geo-routed site handing each resolver location its own addresses.
| Resolver | PTR |
|---|---|
| Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 | dns.google. TTL 83744 |
| Google 8.8.8.8 | dns.google. TTL 9780 |
| Quad9 9.9.9.9 | dns.google. TTL 43200 |
| OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 | dns.google. TTL 86400 |
Text dump
; DNS report for 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa (8.8.8.8) ; 2026-11-09 05:10:42 UTC, 94 queries in 1.03 s, zone 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa ;; FINDINGS ; [WARN] Nameservers disagree on the SOA serial (1016230534 on ns1.google.com, ns3.google.com; 1016687210 on ns2.google.com, ns4.google.com). Normal when two DNS providers serve the zone, each numbering its own copy; otherwise some servers haven't picked up the latest change. ; [INFO] 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa isn't signed with DNSSEC, so resolvers can't tell forged answers from real ones. ;; RECORDS (authoritative, from ns4.google.com (216.239.38.10)) 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR dns.google. ;; TRACE ; 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa PTR ; . @d.root-servers.net (199.7.91.13) 7.2 ms [NOERROR qr]: referral to in-addr.arpa. in-addr.arpa. NS a.in-addr-servers.arpa. ; 199.180.182.53 2620:37:e000::53 in-addr.arpa. NS b.in-addr-servers.arpa. ; 199.253.183.183 2001:500:87::87 in-addr.arpa. NS c.in-addr-servers.arpa. ; 196.216.169.10 2001:43f8:110::10 in-addr.arpa. NS d.in-addr-servers.arpa. ; 200.10.60.53 2001:13c7:7010::53 in-addr.arpa. NS e.in-addr-servers.arpa. ; 203.119.86.101 2001:dd8:6::101 in-addr.arpa. NS f.in-addr-servers.arpa. ; 193.0.9.1 2a13:27c0:30::1 in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN DS 47054 8 2 5CAFCCEC201D1933B4C9F6A9C8F51E51F3B39979058AC21B8DF1B1F281CBC6F2 in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN DS 53696 8 2 13E5501C56B20394DA921B51412D48B7089C5EB6957A7C58553C4D4D424F04DF in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN DS 54956 8 2 E0E2BF5CFBD66572CA05EC18267D91509BA6A9405AF05C3FD4141DFA45200C08 in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN DS 63982 8 2 AAF4FB5D213EF25AE44679032EBE3514C487D7ABD99D7F5FEC3383D030733C73 ; in-addr.arpa. @f.in-addr-servers.arpa (193.0.9.1) 13 ms [NOERROR qr]: referral to 8.in-addr.arpa. 8.in-addr.arpa. NS r.arin.net. ; 199.180.180.63 2001:500:f0::63 8.in-addr.arpa. NS u.arin.net. ; 204.61.216.50 2001:500:14:6050:ad::1 8.in-addr.arpa. NS x.arin.net. ; 199.180.180.63 2001:500:f0::63 8.in-addr.arpa. NS y.arin.net. ; 192.82.134.30 2001:500:127::30 8.in-addr.arpa. NS z.arin.net. ; 199.180.180.63 2001:500:f0::63 8.in-addr.arpa. NS arin.authdns.ripe.net. ; 193.0.9.10 2a13:27c0:30::10 8.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN DS 26212 8 2 98FD4F1AB66C271814D78791D26CDC3390DD9650D275ADBFDA8F2FDA8F9B9175 ; 8.in-addr.arpa. @arin.authdns.ripe.net (193.0.9.10) 12 ms [NOERROR qr]: referral to 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. NS ns4.google.com. ; 216.239.38.10 2001:4860:4802:38::a 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. NS ns3.google.com. ; 216.239.36.10 2001:4860:4802:36::a 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. NS ns1.google.com. ; 216.239.32.10 2001:4860:4802:32::a 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. NS ns2.google.com. ; 216.239.34.10 2001:4860:4802:34::a ; 8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. @ns3.google.com (216.239.36.10) 14 ms [NOERROR qr aa]: answer 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR dns.google. ;; NAMESERVERS (SOA asked of each address) ; ns1.google.com [parent+zone] ; 216.239.32.10 ok 1016230534 14 ms ; 2001:4860:4802:32::a ok 1016230534 15 ms ; ns2.google.com [parent+zone] ; 216.239.34.10 ok 1016687210 27 ms ; 2001:4860:4802:34::a ok 1016687210 28 ms ; ns3.google.com [parent+zone] ; 216.239.36.10 ok 1016230534 14 ms ; 2001:4860:4802:36::a ok 1016230534 14 ms ; ns4.google.com [parent+zone] ; 216.239.38.10 ok 1016687210 6.8 ms ; 2001:4860:4802:38::a ok 1016687210 7.8 ms ;; DNSSEC: unsigned ;; HOSTS ; ns1.google.com (nameserver) ; 216.239.32.10 PTR ns1.google.com (confirmed) ; 2001:4860:4802:32::a PTR ns1.google.com (confirmed) ; ns2.google.com (nameserver) ; 216.239.34.10 PTR ns2.google.com (confirmed) ; 2001:4860:4802:34::a PTR ns2.google.com (confirmed) ; ns3.google.com (nameserver) ; 216.239.36.10 PTR ns3.google.com (confirmed) ; 2001:4860:4802:36::a PTR ns3.google.com (confirmed) ; ns4.google.com (nameserver) ; 216.239.38.10 PTR ns4.google.com (confirmed) ; 2001:4860:4802:38::a PTR ns4.google.com (confirmed) ; dns.google (PTR target) ; 8.8.4.4 PTR dns.google (confirmed) ; 8.8.8.8 PTR dns.google (confirmed) ; 2001:4860:4860::8888 PTR dns.google (confirmed) ; 2001:4860:4860::8844 PTR dns.google (confirmed) ;; PUBLIC RESOLVERS ; Cloudflare PTR dns.google. ttl 83744 ; Google PTR dns.google. ttl 9780 ; Quad9 PTR dns.google. ttl 43200 ; OpenDNS PTR dns.google. ttl 86400