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<p>Domain Name Service (DNS for short) is that magical protocol that allows your computer
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">host www.slackware.com</kbd>
www.slackware.com is an alias for slackware.com.
slackware.com has address 64.57.102.34
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<p>But let's say for some reason we want to map an IP address to a domain name; what
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ages. <tt class="COMMAND">nslookup</tt> has been deprecated and may be removed from
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">nslookup 64.57.102.34</kbd>
Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases.
Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead. Run nslookup with
the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing.
Server: 192.168.1.254
Address: 192.168.1.254#53
Non-authoritative answer:
www.slackware.com canonical name = slackware.com.
Name: slackware.com
Address: 64.57.102.34
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<p>The meanest dog in the pound, the domain information groper, <tt
class="COMMAND">dig</tt>(1) for short, is the go-to program for finding DNS information.
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd
class="USERINPUT">dig @192.168.1.254 www.slackware.com mx</kbd>
; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> @192.168.1.254 www.slackware.com mx
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26362
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.slackware.com. IN MX
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.slackware.com. 76634 IN CNAME slackware.com.
slackware.com. 86400 IN MX 1 mail.slackware.com.
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
slackware.com. 86400 IN NS ns1.cwo.com.
slackware.com. 86400 IN NS ns2.cwo.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.cwo.com. 163033 IN A 64.57.100.2
ns2.cwo.com. 163033 IN A 64.57.100.3
;; Query time: 149 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.254#53(192.168.1.254)
;; WHEN: Sat Nov 6 16:59:31 2004
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 159
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<p>This should give you an idea how <tt class="COMMAND">dig</tt> works.
“@192.168.1.254” specifies the dns server to use.
“www.slackware.com” is the domain name I am performing a lookup on, and
“mx” is the type of lookup I am performing. The above query tells me that
e-mail to <tt class="HOSTID">www.slackware.com</tt> will instead be sent to <tt
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