dig and root lookups

[Micke Johansson]

Hi

I guess you should have a look at RFC 2870 ( section 2.5 )

Best regards
Michael

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Michael Long wrote:

> 
> I've been using dig to lookup domains on the root servers to make sure
> the world sees it (since whois isnt always reliable)
> 
> I guess this is like the -root option of nslookup
> 
> The problem is I can get this to work on a.root-servers.net, but not
> on any of the others.  Anyone know why?  Is there a better way to do
> this?
> 
> dig yahoo.com @a.root-servers.net
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> yahoo.com @a.root-servers.net
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      yahoo.com, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> yahoo.com.              2D IN NS        NS3.EUROPE.yahoo.com.
> yahoo.com.              2D IN NS        NS1.yahoo.com.
> yahoo.com.              2D IN NS        NS5.DCX.yahoo.com.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> NS3.EUROPE.yahoo.com.   2D IN A         217.12.4.71
> NS1.yahoo.com.          2D IN A         204.71.200.33
> NS5.DCX.yahoo.com.      2D IN A         216.32.74.10
> 
> ;; Total query time: 37 msec
> ;; FROM: masterserv.infoave.net to SERVER: a.root-servers.net
> 198.41.0.4
> ;; WHEN: Wed Feb 14 15:21:52 2001
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 27  rcvd: 140
>