u/Im-Chubby

After updating to Pi-hole Core v6.3 and now Core v6.4.2, I started noticing a lot more PTR / in-addr.arpa lookups in the query log that I never really saw before.

Examples:

• PTR 235.148.64.172.in-addr.arpa
• PTR 140.117.75.146.in-addr.arpa
• PTR 140.189.232.199.in-addr.arpa

The network seems otherwise normal, but I’m seeing way more reverse DNS activity than before the core v6.3 updates.

Did Pi-hole change logging behavior or increase visibility for PTR traffic in v6.3+, or are others also noticing a significant increase in reverse DNS lookups after updating?