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diff --git a/Lib/ipaddress.py b/Lib/ipaddress.py
index 54df39a..1e451f8 100644
--- a/Lib/ipaddress.py
+++ b/Lib/ipaddress.py
@@ -436,6 +436,17 @@ class _IPAddressBase(_TotalOrderingMixin):
return str(self)
@property
+ def reverse_pointer(self):
+ """The name of the reverse DNS pointer for the IP address, e.g.:
+ >>> ipaddress.ip_address("127.0.0.1").reverse_pointer
+ '1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa'
+ >>> ipaddress.ip_address("2001:db8::1").reverse_pointer
+ '1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa'
+
+ """
+ return self._reverse_pointer()
+
+ @property
def version(self):
msg = '%200s has no version specified' % (type(self),)
raise NotImplementedError(msg)
@@ -1221,6 +1232,15 @@ class _BaseV4:
return True
return False
+ def _reverse_pointer(self):
+ """Return the reverse DNS pointer name for the IPv4 address.
+
+ This implements the method described in RFC1035 3.5.
+
+ """
+ reverse_octets = str(self).split('.')[::-1]
+ return '.'.join(reverse_octets) + '.in-addr.arpa'
+
@property
def max_prefixlen(self):
return self._max_prefixlen
@@ -1784,6 +1804,15 @@ class _BaseV6:
return '%s/%d' % (':'.join(parts), self._prefixlen)
return ':'.join(parts)
+ def _reverse_pointer(self):
+ """Return the reverse DNS pointer name for the IPv6 address.
+
+ This implements the method described in RFC3596 2.5.
+
+ """
+ reverse_chars = self.exploded[::-1].replace(':', '')
+ return '.'.join(reverse_chars) + '.ip6.arpa'
+
@property
def max_prefixlen(self):
return self._max_prefixlen