What is Reverse IP Lookup?
Reverse IP lookup is the opposite of a standard DNS query. Instead of resolving a domain to an IP, it queries passive DNS databases and hosting records to find every domain currently pointed at a specific IP address. Shared hosting environments routinely serve hundreds or thousands of websites from a single IP, making reverse IP lookup essential for competitive intelligence, malware analysis, and identifying domains linked to a known-bad IP. Security teams use this technique to map attacker infrastructure and find related phishing domains.