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## What is reverse DNS?
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Reverse DNS (as the name indicates) is the opposite process to forward DNS. Reverse enables you to resolve an IP address to a name, whereas forward DNS resolves a name to an IP address. Azure Private DNS supports both IPv6 and IPv4 reverse DNS.
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Reverse DNS (as the name indicates) is the opposite process to forward DNS. Reverse enables you to resolve an IP address to a name (for example: 10.1.2.5 --> myvm.contoso.com), whereas forward DNS resolves a name to an IP address. Azure Private DNS supports both IPv6 and IPv4 reverse DNS.
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### IPv6 reverse DNS
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-**1.10.in-addr.arpa** contains all PTR records for IPv4 addresses in the 10.1.0.0/16 address space.
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-**2.1.10.in-addr.arpa** contains only PTR records for IPv4 addresses in the 10.1.2.0/24 address space.
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Private IPv4 reverse DNS zones are intended for use with private IP address space as defined in [RFC 1918](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1918).
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### IPv4 reverse DNS records
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To create an IPv4 reverse DNS record in your zone, add the remaining IP address octets in reverse order into the appropriate in-addr.arpa zone and provide a fully qualified domain name value (also called a **ptrdname**). The number of remaining IP address octets depend on the scope of the reverse DNS zone. For example:
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## Requirements and restrictions
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-[Autoregistration](private-dns-autoregistration.md) isn't supported for reverse DNS.
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- A [virtual network link](private-dns-virtual-network-links.md) from the reverse zone is required to enable DNS resolution of PTR records.
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- A [virtual network link](private-dns-virtual-network-links.md) from the reverse zone is required to enable DNS resolution of PTR records. The process of [adding a virtual network link](#add-a-virtual-network-link) is demonstrated in this article. This is different from reverse DNS for public IP addresses, which don't require a virtual network link.
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- You can also forward DNS queries to a DNS resolver if the resolver's VNet is linked to the reverse zone.
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- Reverse zones must follow the naming guidelines described in this article and in [RFC 3172](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3172.html).
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- Reverse zones must follow the naming guidelines described in this article and in [RFC 3172](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3172).
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## Create a reverse lookup DNS zone
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|**Subscription**| Select your subscription.|
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|**Resource group**| Select or create a new resource group. |
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|**Name**| Enter a name for the DNS zone. In this example, the class C reverse DNS zone name 2.1.10.in-addr.arpa is used. |
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|**Name**| Enter a name for the DNS zone. In this example, the class C reverse DNS zone name **2.1.10.in-addr.arpa** is used. |
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|**Location**| Select the location for the resource group. The location is already be selected if you're using a previously created resource group. |
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