DNS resoltution troubelshooting

[James Raftery]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 05:25:45PM +0000, Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <6mmgks4sdtafftjve86b94tifdsnajpe0r at 4ax.com>,
> Shawn  <newsgroup at NOSPAM.kleinart.net> wrote:
> >What tools / resources can I use to check / troubleshoot the DNS
> >resolution process? I mean, I'd like to be able to see the DNS records
> >for some domains. 
> 
> dig is the best DNS troubleshooting utility.

My personal preference is the dnstrace tool that comes as part of the
DNScache package (http://cr.yp.to/dnscache/tools.html).
It follows every possible delegation path when resolving so is fantastic
for locating the source of intermittant problems like those caused by
lame delegations in the parent zone of one of your slave nameservers,
for instance.

Regards,

james
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