# Multiple PTR requests from clients and pihole

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/multiple-ptr-requests-from-clients-and-pihole/20036>\
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**Created:** [May 21, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/multiple-ptr-requests-from-clients-and-pihole/20036 "2019-05-21T10:28:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/multiple-ptr-requests-from-clients-and-pihole/20036/4 "2019-05-21T16:27:17Z")

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> [@Valiceemo](#):
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> Why are they showing as `PTR` requests?

The TV isn't querying Google (as in "get me the IP address of google.com"), it is looking for the name of the domain at the IP address shown in the PTR request.

TV's generally have poorly implement OS, so it's hard to say why the TV is looking for this information.

> [@jfb](#):
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> what does the `insecure` validation result mean?

> [@How do I interperet the DNSSEC column in the query log?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-interperet-the-dnssec-column-in-the-query-log/7185):
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> As of Pi-hole 3.3, you can see the DNSSEC status in the query log. [40] SECURE are records that have been signed and verified to be unchanged from the authoritative DNS server INSECURE are records that either have no signature or DNSSEC is not implemented for the domain; either the domain is unsigned and not implementing DNSSEC or there are other issues BOGUS are records that have been signed but have changed or been altered from the authoritative DNS server You will see INSECURE, but that d…

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