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From: Mohan Singh <mohansingh68@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: telnetting/netcatting into a DNS server?
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On 10/25/05, Mohan Singh <mohansingh68@gmail.com> wrote:
> How would I connect to a nameserver and talk to it so I can know it is
> working? I get as far as connecting to the port, but I don't know how to
> make it send back anything meaningful.

Thanks to all who replied. The best answer I got came from someone who
emailed me offline and told me that even if I connected sucessfully to
the nameserver, I couldn't get back anything readable because the DNS
protocol is binary. I guess host/nslookup/dig is the proper way to do
this.