in defense of nslookup

[David Botham]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Simon Waters
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 6:01 PM
> To: undisclosed-recipients:
> Subject: Re: in defense of nslookup
> 
> 
> "Michael E. Hanson" wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> 
> So the basic premise of your post is that nslookup is better
> than dig because it is installed. I don't think anyone is
> arguing that even a bad tool is better than no tool.

Um, not trying to start a war, but, I might take up that argument.  A
bad tool can often send you off in the wrong direction, confuses trouble
shooting efforts with conclusions based on flawed methods, etc...

Billy needs to ship dig with his products.  How hard can it be to bundle
dig?

Dave...