Mark writes:
> Hi All,
> Does anyone know of a tool whick makes it possible to
> trace the route a DNS query takes.
>> Say : I point my browser at www.somewhere.com I would
> like to see the name servers that are contacted and
> exact responses by each name server along the route
> to
> the destination.
Check out the docs for nslookup. Look at the debug, norecurse,
and nosearch options.
If you can lay your hands on a copy of DNS & BIND 3rd ed:
Chapter 11 nslookup, Querying like a BIND name server.
traceroute has nothing to do with it. It traces the routes that
IP packets take to another Internet host.
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