dnstracer

linux

The dnstracer command determines where a DNS gets its information from.

Examples (6)

Find out where your local DNS got the information on www.example.com

dnstracer www.example.com

Start with a [s]pecific DNS that you already know

dnstracer -s dns.example.org www.example.com

Only query IPv[4] servers

dnstracer -4 www.example.com

[r]etry each request 5 times on failure

dnstracer -r 5 www.example.com

Display all steps during execution

dnstracer -v www.example.com

Display an [o]verview of all received answers after execution

dnstracer -o www.example.com