DIG

An excellent tool for DNS.

Pointers

• DNS
• http://www.isc.org/sw/dl/?pkg=bind9/9.3.2/bind-9.3.2.tar.gz
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Examples

    dig @server name type

    dig @217.115.138.24 google.com ANY

installing dig

    $ tar zxvf bind-9.3.2.tar.gz
    $ cd bind-9.3.2
    $ ./configure
    $ make -C lib/dns
    $ make -C lib/isc
    $ make -C lib/bind9
    $ make -C lib/isccfg
    $ make -C lib/lwres
    $ cd bin/dig
    $ make
    $ su
    # make install