I am not sure why you are getting comments in the output. That is the correct set of options for the behaviour you want. Here are the same options with the same version of dig: $ dig -version DiG 9.7.3 $ dig +noall +answer google.de google.de. 55 IN A 173.194.44.216 google.de. 55 IN A 173.194.44.223 … Read more
Yes, the number there is the number of seconds left until that record expires (providing we’re not querying the authoritative nameserver). Obviously with a CNAME there’s a level of redirection, so the TTL for the A record it points to in this case may be important as well. If you wait a couple of seconds … Read more
You can use the @ syntax to look up the domain from a particular server. If the DNS server is authoritative for that domain, the response will not be a cached result. dig @ns1.example.com example.com You can find the authoritative servers by asking for the NS records for a domain: dig example.com NS
Answer The short answer to your specific question of listing CNAMEs is that you cannot without permission to do zone transfers (see How to list all CNAME records for a given domain?). That said, if your company’s DNS server still supports the ANY query, you can use dig to list the other records by doing: … Read more
I did get messages from android phone users that my website is not loading. When an android phone clicks on a link to go to my website it gets the error: net::err_name_not_resolved On computers and iPhones, I don’t get the error. When the android user copies the link and pastes it into the browser the … Read more