FW: The disgusting and useless nslookup [7:6041]
Bob Vance
bobvance at alumni.caltech.edu
Sat May 26 23:56:04 UTC 2001
Let me rephrase this response:
I didn't mean to imply that I *only* use 'nslookup' or that I use it to
troubleshoot DNS problems. I use it to resolve :) resolver issues, in
which case it is perfect and 'dig' is useless.
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Tks |
BV |
Sr. Technical Consultant, SBM, A Gates/Arrow Co.
Vox 770-623-3430 11455 Lakefield Dr.
Fax 770-623-3429 Duluth, GA 30097-1511
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-----Original Message-----
From: bob vance
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 3:55 PM
To: blst
Subject: RE: The disgusting and useless nslookup
I didn't say that I used it to troubleshoot DNS problems -- only
resolver issues, in which case it is perfect and 'dig' is useless.
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Tks |
BV |
Sr. Technical Consultant, SBM, A Gates/Arrow Co.
Vox 770-623-3430 11455 Lakefield Dr.
Fax 770-623-3429 Duluth, GA 30097-1511
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Reid [mailto:jim at rfc1035.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 3:25 PM
To: bobvance at alumni.caltech.edu
Cc: bind-users at isc.org
Subject: Re: The disgusting and useless nslookup
>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Vance writes:
Bob> That's the main reason that I use it -- in fact I always use
Bob> the vendor's copy so that things like nsswitch are accounted
Bob> for. The other reason that I use it is laziness -- I'd
Bob> rather type ping bobv than ping bobv.dyn.atl.sbm.com
This is one of the major reasons for *not* using nslookup. If nslookup
is returning answers from other lookup mechanisms on the computer, how
can you expect it to troubleshoot DNS problems? How can you tell which
lookup facility the answer came from? What if that answer differs from
what's in the DNS (which wasn't queried because nsswitch and friends
say "look at /etc/hosts or NIS before going to the DNS")?
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