I ran tracert for google.com and stackexchange.com getting these results:
The second one seems all fine. But why on earth doesn't the first one end with "google.com" but with some IP of my ISP?
I learned about the tracert command today, mind you, so please be forgiving and pedagogical.
The system is Windows 7.
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"google.com" resolves to some address, but that address does not reverse resolve to "google.com".
In fact, what "google.com" resolves to depends on where the computer resolving it is located. This allows a server located near the client to service the request instead of bogging down a centrally-located server with all the clients across the world.
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