Retrieving all DNS records.....

Pete Ehlke pde at ehlke.net
Wed Dec 3 19:06:40 UTC 2003


On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 05:56:29AM +0000, John Smith wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> Is there any way to get a complete list of records from a remote DNS server?
> I've tried nslookup and it fails due to the server not wanting to list
> everything.
> 
> I really need a complete list of records from various DNS servers - is there
> anyway to do this? It would save me weeks of arduous work!
> 
Sure.

Contact the people who administer the remote DNS server and ask them for
the data. If the remote server does not allow axfr, or you do not have a
list of the zones on the server, this is the only way.

-Pete


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