Re: dig

2011-01-21 Thread Matthew King
On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:48:34 +, Peter Corlett ab...@cabal.org.uk wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:26:25PM +, Matthew King wrote: Dig can easily look up any type of DNS record with the simple form: $ dig fqdn rr Moreover, when the fqdn is actually a CNAME, it will helpfully look up

Re: dig

2011-01-18 Thread Tony Finch
On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Matthew King wrote: Dig can easily look up any type of DNS record with the simple form: $ dig fqdn rr Moreover, when the fqdn is actually a CNAME, it will helpfully look up the rr of the alias to which the CNAME points. No, dig just prints the reply from the server

Re: dig

2011-01-18 Thread Peter Corlett
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:26:25PM +, Matthew King wrote: Dig can easily look up any type of DNS record with the simple form: $ dig fqdn rr Moreover, when the fqdn is actually a CNAME, it will helpfully look up the rr of the alias to which the CNAME points. Er, no. The queried nameserver