01-21-2008
One of my favorite utilities
use case : "dig any @NS1.GOOGLE.COM GOOGLE.COM" where :
dig - name of binary;
any - type of record to query;
@name.server - which Name Server to query
domain.com - domain name that you are interested in;
The above command will produce the following output :
Quote:
[root@dnssrv]# dig any @NS1.GOOGLE.COM GOOGLE.COM
; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc2 <<>> any @NS1.GOOGLE.COM GOOGLE.COM
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 31659
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 7
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;GOOGLE.COM. IN ANY
;; ANSWER SECTION:
GOOGLE.COM. 10800 IN MX 10 smtp1.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 10800 IN MX 10 smtp2.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 10800 IN MX 10 smtp3.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 10800 IN MX 10 smtp4.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 300 IN A 72.14.207.99
GOOGLE.COM. 300 IN A 64.233.187.99
GOOGLE.COM. 300 IN A 64.233.167.99
GOOGLE.COM. 300 IN TXT "v=spf1 include:_netblocks.google.com ~all"
GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN NS ns1.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN NS ns2.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN NS ns3.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN NS ns4.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 86400 IN SOA ns1.GOOGLE.COM. dns-admin.GOOGLE.COM. 2008011602 7200 1800 1209600 300
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN NS ns1.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN NS ns2.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN NS ns3.GOOGLE.COM.
GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN NS ns4.GOOGLE.COM.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
smtp1.GOOGLE.COM. 3600 IN A 72.14.203.25
smtp2.GOOGLE.COM. 3600 IN A 64.233.167.25
smtp3.GOOGLE.COM. 3600 IN A 64.233.183.25
smtp4.GOOGLE.COM. 3600 IN A 72.14.215.25
ns1.GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN A 216.239.32.10
ns2.GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN A 216.239.34.10
ns3.GOOGLE.COM. 345600 IN A 216.239.36.10
;; Query time: 35 msec
;; SERVER: 216.239.32.10#53(216.239.32.10)
;; WHEN: Mon Jan 21 05:52:05 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 504
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
nslookup
NSLOOKUP(1) BIND9 NSLOOKUP(1)
NAME
nslookup - query Internet name servers interactively
SYNOPSIS
nslookup [-option] [name | -] [server]
DESCRIPTION
Nslookup is a program to query Internet domain name servers. Nslookup has two modes: interactive and non-interactive. Interactive mode
allows the user to query name servers for information about various hosts and domains or to print a list of hosts in a domain.
Non-interactive mode is used to print just the name and requested information for a host or domain.
ARGUMENTS
Interactive mode is entered in the following cases:
1. when no arguments are given (the default name server will be used)
2. when the first argument is a hyphen (-) and the second argument is the host name or Internet address of a name server.
Non-interactive mode is used when the name or Internet address of the host to be looked up is given as the first argument. The optional
second argument specifies the host name or address of a name server.
Options can also be specified on the command line if they precede the arguments and are prefixed with a hyphen. For example, to change the
default query type to host information, and the initial timeout to 10 seconds, type:
nslookup -query=hinfo -timeout=10
The -version option causes nslookup to print the version number and immediately exits.
INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
host [server]
Look up information for host using the current default server or using server, if specified. If host is an Internet address and the
query type is A or PTR, the name of the host is returned. If host is a name and does not have a trailing period, the search list is
used to qualify the name.
To look up a host not in the current domain, append a period to the name.
server domain
lserver domain
Change the default server to domain; lserver uses the initial server to look up information about domain, while server uses the current
default server. If an authoritative answer can't be found, the names of servers that might have the answer are returned.
root
not implemented
finger
not implemented
ls
not implemented
view
not implemented
help
not implemented
?
not implemented
exit
Exits the program.
set keyword[=value]
This command is used to change state information that affects the lookups. Valid keywords are:
all
Prints the current values of the frequently used options to set. Information about the current default server and host is also
printed.
class=value
Change the query class to one of:
IN
the Internet class
CH
the Chaos class
HS
the Hesiod class
ANY
wildcard
The class specifies the protocol group of the information.
(Default = IN; abbreviation = cl)
[no]debug
Turn on or off the display of the full response packet and any intermediate response packets when searching.
(Default = nodebug; abbreviation = [no]deb)
[no]d2
Turn debugging mode on or off. This displays more about what nslookup is doing.
(Default = nod2)
domain=name
Sets the search list to name.
[no]search
If the lookup request contains at least one period but doesn't end with a trailing period, append the domain names in the domain
search list to the request until an answer is received.
(Default = search)
port=value
Change the default TCP/UDP name server port to value.
(Default = 53; abbreviation = po)
querytype=value
type=value
Change the type of the information query.
(Default = A; abbreviations = q, ty)
[no]recurse
Tell the name server to query other servers if it does not have the information.
(Default = recurse; abbreviation = [no]rec)
ndots=number
Set the number of dots (label separators) in a domain that will disable searching. Absolute names always stop searching.
retry=number
Set the number of retries to number.
timeout=number
Change the initial timeout interval for waiting for a reply to number seconds.
[no]vc
Always use a virtual circuit when sending requests to the server.
(Default = novc)
[no]fail
Try the next nameserver if a nameserver responds with SERVFAIL or a referral (nofail) or terminate query (fail) on such a response.
(Default = nofail)
RETURN VALUES
nslookup returns with an exit status of 1 if any query failed, and 0 otherwise.
FILES
/etc/resolv.conf
SEE ALSO
dig(1), host(1), named(8).
AUTHOR
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004-2007, 2010, 2013-2017 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
ISC 2014-01-24 NSLOOKUP(1)