Re:Free DNS Tools
by ohashi on Thursday December 27, 2012 @04:26PM
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Out of curiosity, what makes actually digging this data up difficult?
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Re:Free DNS Tools
by bradleyland on Friday December 28, 2012 @03:14PM
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All of these tests are possible using command line tools, but some of them would require multiple invocations of the tools, as well as verification against a matrix of known-good configuration parameters. For example, the DNS report is pretty comprehensive.
What's surprising to me is that these tools are web based. Although, there is some value in having a third party verify your assumptions. It's not uncommon for me to alter my hosts file while I wait on DNS to propagate. That can screw up my resolver when running diagnostics locally.