"nslookup" is a badly flawed tool. Don't use it.

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 03:42:30AM +0000, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote:
> TD> Is there a document somewhere that gives specifics of why nslookup
> TD> is evil?
> 
> Yes.  There are at least three, in fact.

All of which are themselves flawed.  'Nslookup' is a simple tool that
is fine to use ONCE YOU HAVE DNS WORKING.  It is just a poor tool to
use to get DNS working, because it makes its own assumptions and plays
by its own rules.

And the newer version, which could be made better, instead guts the
niceness and usability.

All of which, of course, is IMHO.

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