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May 12, 2014

SPF Policy Tester & Syntax Validator

Filed under: dns — Tags: , , , , — admin @ 1:54 pm

This website is super useful for verifying and testing SPF records :

SPF Syntax Validator : http://vamsoft.com/support/tools/spf-syntax-validator
SPF Policy Tester : http://vamsoft.com/support/tools/spf-policy-tester

May 17, 2010

How to check domain NS glue records using dig

Filed under: dns — Tags: , , , , , — admin @ 11:52 am

Lets check microsoft.com NS glue records by dig command.

As it is a .com domain first we should check root servers for .com by the following command :

dig NS com

Result :

com.                    22124   IN      NS      d.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      f.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      a.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      c.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      g.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      i.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      l.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      m.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      k.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      e.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      h.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      b.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    22124   IN      NS      j.gtld-servers.net.

We can choose any root server for next query , I will choose m.gtld-servers.net :

dig NS microsoft.com @m.gtld-servers.net

Result :

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
microsoft.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns1.msft.net.
microsoft.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns2.msft.net.
microsoft.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns3.msft.net.
microsoft.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns4.msft.net.
microsoft.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns5.msft.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.msft.net.           172800  IN      A       65.55.37.62
ns2.msft.net.           172800  IN      A       64.4.59.173
ns3.msft.net.           172800  IN      A       213.199.161.77
ns4.msft.net.           172800  IN      A       207.46.75.254
ns5.msft.net.           172800  IN      A       65.55.226.140

OK we are done , the ADDITIONAL SECTION in last query contains the glue records :

ns1.msft.net.           172800  IN      A       65.55.37.62
ns2.msft.net.           172800  IN      A       64.4.59.173
ns3.msft.net.           172800  IN      A       213.199.161.77
ns4.msft.net.           172800  IN      A       207.46.75.254
ns5.msft.net.           172800  IN      A       65.55.226.140

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