Issue #20480: Add ipaddress.reverse_pointer. Patch by Leon Weber.

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/ipaddress.py b/Lib/ipaddress.py
index 54df39ae56..1e451f8873 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