This server provides wild-card reverse name mapping for your IPv6 networks. Suppose you operate a network 2001:DB8:9116:0001:/64 with autoconfiguration of all workstations. Setting up a complete reverse name mapping may be tedious, yet some users and services may ask for it.

With reverse.name, you can delegate your reverse zone (i.e. 1.0.0.0.6.1.1.9.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa) to (ns|ns2).reverse.name, and all machines will automatically get PTR records which also resolve correctly when a forward lookup is performed:

  $ host 2001:DB8:9116:0001:3656:78FF:FE9A:BCDE
  e.d.c.b.a.9.e.f.f.f.8.7.6.5.6.3.1.0.0.0.6.1.1.9.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa 
       domain name pointer heaaq3oercyaacnswpd775gv43y.dyn.reverse.name

  $ host heaaq3oercyaacnswpd775gv43y.dyn.reverse.name
  heaaq3oercyaacnswpd775gv43y.dyn.reverse.name has 
    IPv6 address 2001:db8:9116:1:3656:78ff:fe9a:bcde