Re: how to query dns

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Author: Richard Wilson
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Subject: Re: how to query dns
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 09:24 -0700, Alex Dean wrote:
> How do I ask a specific DNS server what records it has for a certain
> domain? (I want to know what values my ISP has for a domain I'm setting
> up, to see if some DNS changes have taken effect yet.)
>
> thanks,
> alex
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Try "dig @specific_DNS_server ..."

dig has lots of options and is easier to use than nslookup IMHO. The
man page lists more options than you probably want, but I've used a lot
of them.

Rich Wilson

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