DIG

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COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

dig domain.com

Performs a default A record lookup for the domain.

dig domain.com A

Retrieves the IPv4 address (A record) associated with the domain.

dig domain.com AAAA

Retrieves the IPv6 address (AAAA record) associated with the domain.

dig domain.com MX

Finds the mail servers (MX records) responsible for the domain.

dig domain.com NS

Identifies the authoritative name servers for the domain.

dig domain.com TXT

Retrieves any TXT records associated with the domain.

dig domain.com CNAME

Retrieves the canonical name (CNAME) record for the domain.

dig domain.com SOA

Retrieves the start of authority (SOA) record for the domain.

dig @1.1.1.1 domain.com

Specifies a specific name server to query; in this case 1.1.1.1

dig +trace domain.com

Shows the full path of DNS resolution.

dig -x 192.168.1.1

Performs a reverse lookup on the IP address 192.168.1.1 to find the associated host name. You may need to specify a name server.

dig +short domain.com

Provides a short, concise answer to the query.

dig +noall +answer domain.com

Displays only the answer section of the query output.

dig domain.com ANY

Retrieves all available DNS records for the domain (Note: Many DNS servers ignore ANY queries to reduce load and prevent abuse, as per ).

dig -x {ipAddress}

Returns the PTR record for the specified IP Address

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