DIG

DIG

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> iss.net

;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch

;; got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4

;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 9,

ADDITIONAL: 9

;; QUERY SECTION:

;;iss.net, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:

iss.net.57m50s IN A208.21.0.19

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:

iss.net.56S IN NSehecatl.iss.net.

iss.net.56S IN NSsfld-ns1.netrex.com.

iss.net.56S IN NSchcg-ns1.netrex.com.

iss.net.56S IN NSdnvr-ns1.netrex.com.

iss.net.56S IN NSns1-auth.sprintlink.net.

iss.net.56S IN NSns2-auth.sprintlink.net.

iss.net.56S IN NSns3-auth.sprintlink.net.

iss.net.56S IN NSphoenix.iss.net.

iss.net.56S IN NSns.commandcorp.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:

ehecatl.iss.net.10h46m41s IN A208.21.0.7

sfld-ns1.netrex.com.1d51m59s IN A206.253.239.135

chcg-ns1.netrex.com.1d51m59s IN A216.89.220.19

dnvr-ns1.netrex.com.26m40s IN A206.253.249.130

ns1-auth.sprintlink.net. 2h20m39s IN A 206.228.179.10

ns2-auth.sprintlink.net. 23h57m52s IN A 144.228.254.10

ns3-auth.sprintlink.net. 23h55m30s IN A 144.228.255.10

phoenix.iss.net.57S IN A208.21.0.13

ns.commandcorp.com.1d1h16m53s IN A 130.205.70.10

;; Total query time: 309 msec

;; FROM: server to SERVER: default -- 193.118.6.35

;; WHEN: Fri Jul 14 08:54:07 2000

;; MSG SIZE sent: 25 rcvd: 420

Performing a Zone Transfer

As with NSLookup, DIG can also be used to request a full zone transfer

once an authoritative name server for the target domain has been

identified.

dig @dns0.target.com target.com axfr > tmp.txt

The parameters provided for the command above are -

Command/Parameter Action

@dns0.target.com Type the name of an authoritative

name server for the target domain,

preceding is with a ’@’.

target.com This is the name of the target domain.

axfr Specifies that a full zone transfer will

be requested.

>tmp.txt The results will be output to a file

called tmp.txt.