How did I make it ten years without knowing about dig‘s +trace option?
:) fishsticks$ dig +trace www.livejournal.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> +trace www.livejournal.com ;; global options: printcmd . 7869 IN NS a.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS b.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS e.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS j.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS k.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 7869 IN NS m.root-servers.net. ;; Received 449 bytes from 10.44.17.11#53(10.44.17.11) in 2 ms com. 172800 IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 509 bytes from 198.41.0.4#53(a.root-servers.net) in 85 ms livejournal.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.danga.com. livejournal.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.warped.net. ;; Received 121 bytes from 192.5.6.30#53(A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET) in 97 ms www.livejournal.com. 3600 IN A 66.150.15.150 livejournal.com. 3600 IN NS ns1.bradfitz.com. livejournal.com. 3600 IN NS ns1.warped.net. livejournal.com. 3600 IN NS ns2.warped.net. ;; Received 174 bytes from 66.150.15.140#53(ns1.danga.com) in 108 ms
3 responses to “trace! can you dig it?”
holy shit, that’s cool.
-j
That’s very cool. And very helpful. Thanks for the tip :)
I still can’t get over dig’s nerdier-than-thou output though.