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--- networking:dns [2023/05/06 19:49] – [Monitor DNS requests] oscar
+++ networking:dns [2023/08/26 07:01] (current) – oscar
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 ===== Querying DNS services =====
 Using dig command you can query DNS name servers for your DNS lookup related tasks. Dig stands for domain information groper.
-=== Simple query ===
+==== Simple query ====
 Standard query using the default DNS server configured on your system
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   * **ADDITIONAL SECTION**: This displays the ip address of the name servers listed in the AUTHORITY SECTION.
   * **Stats section** at the bottom displays few dig command statistics including how much time it took to execute this query
-=== Use specific DNS server ===
+==== Use specific DNS server ====
 By default dig uses the DNS servers defined in your **/etc/resolv.conf** file. If you like to use a different DNS server to perform the query, specify it in the command line as **@dnsserver**.
-=== Short Output Using dig +short ===
+For example use directly the name server of TransIP (ns0.transip.net):
+  dig +short TXT @ns0.transip.net. oscardegroot.nl
+==== Short Output Using dig +short ====
 To view just the ip-address of a web site (i.e the A record), use the short form option as shown below.
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 .86.60.198
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-=== Limit output to specific section ===
+==== Limit output to specific section ====
 The response can be limited to any of the sections. E.g. the next only displays the ANSWER SECTION.
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 oscardegroot.nl.        13296   IN      A       83.86.60.198
 </code>
-=== Query Record types ===
+==== Query Record types ====
 With the -t option you can select a specific record type. This is one of: **a, any, mx, ns, soa, hinfo, axfr, txt**. The default is: a. Be aware that not all DNS servers have copies of all the records locally. So if this query return incomplete info, use a different DNS server.
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 oscardegroot.nl.        300     IN      RRSIG   NSEC3PARAM 7 2 300 20210401000000 20210311000000 18644 oscardegroot.nl. acpYiIwzeUyrL  AsXeTYejnwOmFaDzW6ArA+OZUMbUZrQB9N/Mb5TB03I 8tUSa3wowD/noOepnAbE3A0Q+/gfsDNxZ4wuYmaPRPQ96OD9GJSJbhcS 5Bbd+QX0UOMKvRyEAQWPmbyXcOyLxx6a  3xgIjboeecAfb3oFZiPUdHT+ RyM=
 </code>
-=== DNS Reverse Look-up ===
+==== DNS Reverse Look-up ====
 To perform a DNS reverse look up using the ip-address using dig -x as shown below. For example, if you just have an external ip-address and would like to know the website that belongs to it, do the following.
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