03-24-2009
intepretation f the DiG result
; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc2 <<>> example.com // this gives the version of Dig ur using - has no consequence for ur analysis
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33402 // note the status in this : if the status is NOERROR - then u have received the domain name correctly , alternatively, the status might be NXDOMAIN - which stands for non existent domain (ie) the IP address u Diged for has no name //
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 // the above are flags and it shows the number of lines in the each of the following sections. if the answer section is 0, it means it has not found any matching Domain names , in ur case it is 1 , there is an answer to look out for in the ANSWER SECTION , the same goes for additional and authority.
AUTHORITY is zero in ur case - this means that the given IP address has no authoritative name servers!
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;example.com. IN A // reminds u of ur question
;; ANSWER SECTION:
example.com. 73070 IN A 208.77.188.166 // the answer ! ur domain's IP address
// these are additional information
;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 10.2.127.1#53(10.2.127.1)
;; WHEN: Fri Jan 18 14:40:15 2008 //time u queried
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 45 // size of the msg etc., (in consequential in ur analysis)
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