TXT records and nslookup
Cricket Liu
cricket at acmebw.com
Sun May 7 20:04:42 UTC 2000
> I at home completing the files for our DNS server.
> I thought it would be neat to document the DNS setup by using
> TXT records, but noticed UUnet didn't use them when they keep
> our DNS.
Didn't use them how? Did they delete them? Or did you
expect them to do something particular with the TXT records?
> Using nslookup is it possible to extract the TXT information?
> I wouldn't like to put "NT 4 database server" in a TXT record
> if that's readable over the net. (Yes, you may call me paranoid).
% nslookup -q=txt <domain name>
> As I said, I haven't tried this yet as I am home, so any comments
> as to wether TXT records are available through nslookup queries
> are appreciated.
Of course they are. They're just like any other record type in
a zone.
cricket
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