Problem with NSLOOKUP

[Joseph S D Yao]

> > > Doh!  Don't tell this to the uninitiated!  Let 'em learn how to do it the
> > > right way first!  :-)
> > 
> > The 'nslookup' program does some hand-holding for you.  What's wrong
> > with that?  The 'dig' program requires that you first have a good
> > feeling for DNS.  How do you get that in the first place?
> > 
> > Asking specifically for a PTR record seems relatively sophisticated to
> > me.  Most people that I know think that the DNS machine is some kind of
> > central network server that performs magic network juju.
...
> actually, dig seems more intuitive than nslookup to me and has more 
> flexability than host.  handholding is an awful lot like the F1-key
> syndrome.  "I just press F1 and I get everything on my desktop..."
> 
> 	decreasing Knob factors in applications:
> 
> 	find  		
> 	perl            do majik network juju 
> 	-----------------------------------------
> 	bgp
> 	ndc
> 	dig		comprehensable by network primates
> 	hostname

My point is:
	Some people need hand-holding.
	Different people have different mental models.
	"Intuitive" just means "Looks like something I've seen before."

I guess that should have been "points are".

Why deny someone the use of a tool that is more correct for THAT
person, just because it is less right for YOU?

Eh?

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Joe Yao				jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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