remotely checking the version of bindNT?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <d87u8k$rdn$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Captain <captain99_1999 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> But isn't there a simple way of checking the version number remotely,
> ie.  using a dos window,(on a 2000 machine), and then going in under
>       nslookup?
> 
> I seem to recall a basic version lookup command of some sort?

Do you really need us to read the documentation for you just to 
translate to the equivalent NSLOOKUP command?  Oh well, since I'm 
posting anyway, I might as well spoon-feed you.

nslookup -class=chaos -type=txt version.bind 1.2.3.4

> 
> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 18:00:11 -0400, Vinny Abello <vinny at tellurian.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >At 05:47 PM 6/8/2005, Captain wrote:
> >>How can you look up the current version of a
> >>bind-NT server remotely?
> >
> >dig @1.2.3.4 ch txt version.bind
> >
> >where 1.2.3.4 is the IP of the server in question... This assumes 
> >that the version numbers haven't been masked with the version option 
> >in named.conf or other technique. This is for all BIND versions, not just NT.
> >
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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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