How to find out DNS ?
Anthony Baxter
anthony at interlink.com.au
Tue Jul 2 02:22:24 EDT 2002
>>> "Steve Holden" wrote
> In actual fact you could usually get the same answer by going to *any* DNS
> server and asking "what is the DNS server from domain xxx.yyy.zzz" using a
> query for NS resource records.
Nitpick - this is only for servers that have recursion enabled, which is
probably most servers "near" an enduser. If you were to go ask
'a.root-servers.net' for the NS records for 'interlink.com.au.',
it'd point you at the servers for 'au.', and you'd be expected to do the
next step yourself.
big-nameservers-don't-have-to-play-nicely-yrs,
Anthony
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