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8dnstrace(1)                 General Commands Manual                dnstrace(1)
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12dnstrace - a kind of traceroute(8) for DNS records
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SYNOPSIS

16       dnstrace [OPTIONS] <TYPE> <DOMAIN-NAME> <ROOT-IP> [<ROOT-IP> ...]
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DESCRIPTION

20       dnstrace  is a useful debugging tool to search for all DNS servers that
21       can affect the resolution of records of given  <TYPE>  under  the  give
22       <DOMAIN-NAME>  starting  from  the root name server <ROOT-IP>. dnstrace
23       uses the standard DNS resolution algorithm  but  follows  all  possible
24       paths  in  the  algorithm. It prints all responses it receives from the
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28         $ dnstrace A google.com 127.0.0.1 | dnstrcesort
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30       One  can  use  the  dnstracesort  in  conjunction with the dnstrace. It
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OPTIONS

35       -h --help
36               print this help
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SEE

43       http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/debugging.html
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BUGS

47       Report bugs to <pj.pandit@yahoo.co.in>
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Manual Author

51       Prasad J Pandit
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