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DNS Lookup
This allows you to access the Domain Name System,
to get information about a particular domain name.
Input fields:
- Domain - the domain name you want information about
- Server - address of the nameserver to query
- Type - the type of records you want to retrieve:
ALL - get all types of records
A - get the IP address
NS - find an authoritative nameserver
HINFO - host information
MINFO - mailbox or mail list information
MX - mailexchange
SOA - start of authority
TXT - text string
AXFR - zone transfer request
- Get Authoritative Answer -
check this box to automatically go to a server that has the information you want
- Verbose - show details of all the DNS records recieved
- Recursion - allow the server to find the records from another server
References:
RFC 1034 - domain names, concepts and facilities
RFC 1035 - domain names, implementation and specification
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