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dnstracer — The dnstracer command determines where a DNS gets its information from. More information: <https://m

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Problem

How to use the dnstracer command: The dnstracer command determines where a DNS gets its information from. More information: <https://manned.org/dnstracer>.

Solution

dnstracer — The dnstracer command determines where a DNS gets its information from. More information: <https://manned.org/dnstracer>.

Find out where your local DNS got the information on www.example.com:

dnstracer {{www.example.com}}

Start with a [s]pecific DNS that you already know:

dnstracer -s {{dns.example.org}} {{www.example.com}}

Only query IPv[4] servers:

dnstracer -4 {{www.example.com}}

[r]etry each request 5 times on failure:

dnstracer -r {{5}} {{www.example.com}}

Display all steps during execution:

dnstracer -v {{www.example.com}}

Display an [o]verview of all received answers after execution:

dnstracer -o {{www.example.com}}

Code Snippets

Find out where your local DNS got the information on www.example.com

dnstracer {{www.example.com}}

Start with a [s]pecific DNS that you already know

dnstracer -s {{dns.example.org}} {{www.example.com}}

Only query IPv[4] servers

dnstracer -4 {{www.example.com}}

[r]etry each request 5 times on failure

dnstracer -r {{5}} {{www.example.com}}

Display all steps during execution

dnstracer -v {{www.example.com}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/dnstracer

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