in defense of nslookup

[Simon Waters]

"Michael E. Hanson" wrote:
> 
> > If you just want a simple, terse version of dig, why not use "host"?
> 
> Because every DNS server I've ever worked with, regardless of O/S, has
> nslookup, and a lot of O/S's include nslookup as part of the standard TCP/IP
> tool set whether DNS is installed or not.

So the basic premise of your post is that nslookup is better
than dig because it is installed. I don't think anyone is
arguing that even a bad tool is better than no tool.