by Oliver; 2014
93. dig
dig is the
"DNS lookup utility."
If we use the same test IP address as we did in the example above:
$ dig 74.125.224.18
; <<>> DiG 9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.23.rc1.32.amzn1 <<>> 74.125.224.18
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 59017
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;74.125.224.18. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
. 10467 IN SOA \
a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2014052201 1800 900 604800 86400
;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 172.16.0.23#53(172.16.0.23)
;; WHEN: Thu May 22 23:10:06 2014
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 106
This is the IP's DNS record.
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