The disgusting and useless nslookup
Chip Old
fold at bcpl.net
Sat May 26 19:56:02 UTC 2001
On Sat, 26 May 2001, Jim Reid wrote to Chip Old:
> Well if someone does not have the ability to understand the output of
> dig, they have no business using DNS tools or attempting to
> troubleshoot DNS problems.
I disagree. My Help Desk staff use nslookup to determine whether a
problem may be DNS related, in which case they turn the caller over to me.
They don't need to be DNS experts to do that, nor do they need a tool as
sophisticated as dig. nslookup has its faults, but it works well in that
scenario.
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Chip Old (Francis E. Old) E-Mail: fold at bcpl.net
Manager, BCPL Network Services Voice: 410-887-6180
Manager, BCPL.NET Internet Services FAX: 410-887-2091
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Towson, Maryland 21204-5179 U.S.A.
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