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Perform various DNS queries.

Examples (7)

Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records)

drill example.com

Lookup the mail server(s) associated with a given domain name (MX record)

drill mx example.com

Get all types of records for a given domain name

drill any example.com

Specify an alternate DNS server to query

drill example.com @8.8.8.8

Perform a reverse DNS lookup on an IP address (PTR record)

drill -x 8.8.8.8

Perform DNSSEC trace from root servers down to a domain name

drill -TD example.com

Show DNSKEY record(s) for a domain name

drill -s dnskey example.com