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2. nslookup - Wikipedia

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   nslookup operates in interactive or non-interactive mode. When used interactively by invoking it without arguments or when the first argument is - (minus sign) and the second argument is a hostname or Internet address of a name server, the user issues parameter configurations or requests when presented with the nslookup prompt (>).

3. Reverse DNS lookup - Wikipedia

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   For example, to do a reverse lookup of the IP address 8.8.4.4 the PTR record for the domain name 4.4.8.8.in-addr.arpa would be looked up, and found to point to dns.google. If the A record for dns.google in turn pointed back to 8.8.4.4 then it would be said to be forward-confirmed.

4. Domain Name System - Wikipedia

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   A DNS name server is a server that stores the DNS records for a domain; a DNS name server responds with answers to queries against its database. The most common types of records stored in the DNS database are for start of authority ( SOA ), IP addresses ( A and AAAA ), SMTP mail exchangers (MX), name servers (NS), pointers for reverse DNS ...

5. dig (command) - Wikipedia

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   Without any arguments it queries the DNS root zone. dig supports Internationalized domain name (IDN) queries. dig is a component of the domain name server software suite BIND. dig supersedes in functionality older tools, such as nslookup and the program host; however, the older tools are still used in complementary fashion.

6. Comparison of DNS server software - Wikipedia

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   DNS servers are grouped into several categories of specialization of servicing domain name system queries. The two principal roles, which may be implemented either uniquely or combined in a given product are: Authoritative server: authoritative name servers publish DNS mappings for domains under their authoritative control.

7. What is a DNS server? How Domain Name System servers ... - AOL

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   A DNS server - short for Domain Name System server - helps your web browser connect to the internet and load websites properly.

8. Root name server - Wikipedia

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   A root name server is a name server for the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. It directly answers requests for records in the root zone and answers other requests by returning a list of the authoritative name servers for the appropriate top-level domain (TLD).

9. WHOIS - Wikipedia

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   A Thin WHOIS server stores only the name of the WHOIS server of the registrar of a domain, which in turn has the full details on the data being looked up (such as the .com WHOIS servers, which refer the WHOIS query to the registrar where the domain was registered).