nslookup
A Unix utility by Andrew Cherenson for querying Internet domain name servers. The basic use is to find the Internet address corresponding to a given hostname (or vice versa). By changing the query type (e.g. "set type=CNAME") other types of information can be obtained including CNAME - the canonical name for an alias; HINFO - the host CPU and operating system type; MINFO - mailbox or mail list information; MX - mail exchanger information; NS - the name server for the named zone; PTR - the hostname if the query is an Internet address, otherwise the pointer to other information; SOA the domain's start-of-authority information; TXT - text information; UINFO - user information; WKS - supported well-known services. Other types (ANY, AXFR, MB, MD, MF, NULL) are described in RFC 1035. ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/operating-systems/unix/bsd-sources/usr.sbin/named/tools/nslookup/. (1994-10-27) | ||||
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Nslookup Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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NSLOOKUP
Name Server Lookup [Unix]
Name Server Lookup [Unix]
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NSLOOKUP
Name Server Lookup [Unix]
Name Server Lookup [Unix]
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NSLOOKUP
A common internet utility like ping and traceroute.Given an IP address or a DNS address,it will look up and show the corresponding DNS or IP address.There are nslookup utility programs available for every operating system,which you can use with a PPP or networked or shell account.The commonly used FTP programs WS_FTP Pro includes a number of utilities including nslookup.But if you have none of those readily available,there are other ways to do the same thing.If you are using Windows 95 ,there is a tracet utility built into the operating system.Select Start/Run and type ‘tracert address’ without quotes and substituting the IP or DNS address you want to look up for address.It will trace the path to the address,showing all intermediate addresses on the current path,and the IP and DNS addresses for each.Another utility that will give you the information is WHOIS.
A common internet utility like ping and traceroute.Given an IP address or a DNS address,it will look up and show the corresponding DNS or IP address.There are nslookup utility programs available for every operating system,which you can use with a PPP or networked or shell account.The commonly used FTP programs WS_FTP Pro includes a number of utilities including nslookup.But if you have none of those readily available,there are other ways to do the same thing.If you are using Windows 95 ,there is a tracet utility built into the operating system.Select Start/Run and type ‘tracert address’ without quotes and substituting the IP or DNS address you want to look up for address.It will trace the path to the address,showing all intermediate addresses on the current path,and the IP and DNS addresses for each.Another utility that will give you the information is WHOIS.
Nslookup Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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nslookup
a unix utility by andrew cherenson for querying internet domain name servers. the basic use is to find the internet address corresponding to a given hostname (or vice versa). by changing the query type (e.g. "set type=cname") other types of information can be obtained including cname - the canonical name for an alias; hinfo - the host cpu and operating system type; minfo - mailbox or mail list information; mx - mail exchanger information; ns - the name server for the named zone; ptr - the hostname if the query is an internet address, otherwise the pointer to other information; soa the domain's start-of-authority information; txt - text information; uinfo - user information; wks - supported well-known service s. other types (any, axfr, mb, md, mf, null) are described in rfc 1035.
nslookup
a unix utility by andrew cherenson for querying internet domain name servers. the basic use is to find the internet address corresponding to a given hostname (or vice versa). by changing the query type (e.g. "set type=cname") other types of information can be obtained including cname - the canonical name for an alias; hinfo - the host cpu and operating system type; minfo - mailbox or mail list information; mx - mail exchanger information; ns - the name server for the named zone; ptr - the hostname if the query is an internet address, otherwise the pointer to other information; soa the domain's start-of-authority information; txt - text information; uinfo - user information; wks - supported well-known service s. other types (any, axfr, mb, md, mf, null) are described in rfc 1035.
Nslookup Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Nslookup
The nslookup command can be used in Windows and Unix to find the IP addresses of a particular computer, using DNS lookup. The name means "name server lookup". The most common version of the program is included as part of the BIND package. A more modern alternative to nslookup is the dig program, also shipping with BIND.
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