Monday, September 8, 2008

A quick tip for IP name resolution

Ever have an IP address in your logs that you can't identify? No reverse DNS, ARIN/WHOIS come up useless, just can't figure it out?

Try opening a web browser and entering HTTPS://<IP address> into the address window.  With a little luck you will get a certificate error (due to mismatch, URL is an IP address, cert will have host/domain name)- look at the certificate and you have a domain and company name.  A little tedious, but very handy.

 

Jack