in defense of nslookup

david david at jing.quadratic.net
Wed Aug 7 03:05:02 UTC 2002


david steps on podium....

The whole reason why we have tools to choose from is because people don't
agree.

... and it's a good thing.

Imagine for a second that you might not be right.
Imagine that you are on the opposite side of the fence.
Imagine that someone told you that you were wrong.

Note: If you read the above paragraph too quickly you might skip over the
steps that begin "Imagine.."

Being contructive is sometimes just about not being destuctive.

david steps off podium.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Manning" <bmanning at ISI.EDU>
To: "Jim Reid" <jim at rfc1035.com>
Cc: <bmanning at ISI.EDU>; <mdamrose at elgin.cc.il.us>;
<comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: in defense of nslookup


>
> % >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Manning <bmanning at ISI.EDU> writes:
> %
> %     Bill> tools are tools.  there is no "one-size-fits-all" so we
> %     Bill> like/keep nslookup around.  Its useful for some things.
> %
> % Like generating a flurry of email saying "use dig" every time someone
> % posts a question here about some quirk of nslookup... :-)
> %
>
> That too :)  Tell people often enough and perhaps they'll
> start using the right tool for the job. :)
>
> --
> --bill
>



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