in defense of nslookup

[Michael E. Hanson]

> If you just want a simple, terse version of dig, why not use "host"?

Because every DNS server I've ever worked with, regardless of O/S, has
nslookup, and a lot of O/S's include nslookup as part of the standard TCP/IP
tool set whether DNS is installed or not.

The only places I've consistently found "host" or "dig" are on DNS servers
that include the latest and greatest version if BIND.

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