From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 8 06:36:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9008C1065686; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:36:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xernet@hotmail.it) Received: from bay0-omc3-s2.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s2.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 774328FC23; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:36:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xernet@hotmail.it) Received: from BAY126-W59 ([65.55.131.94]) by bay0-omc3-s2.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:36:29 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [151.11.234.46] From: xer xernet To: Kevin Oberman , Robert Watson Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:36:29 +0200 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20081007224422.5388D4500F@ptavv.es.net> References: Your message of <20081007224422.5388D4500F@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Oct 2008 06:36:29.0290 (UTC) FILETIME=[321014A0:01C92910] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Jeremy Chadwick , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: stable 7.0 and nslookup help command X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:36:29 -0000 Yes=2C thanx to all of you and your answers.. I'm just a dig user now=2C but.. The question now is: - if i want to implement /usr/share/misc/nslookup.help in nslookup (even if= nslookup is evil) how can i do that? I need to know=2C i want learn this "fact" i will not use nslookup anymore= =2C but i'm still curios HOW was implemented on older STABLE-5.5 Thanx again :-) > To: rwatson@FreeBSD.org > CC: koitsu@FreeBSD.org=3B xernet@hotmail.it=3B freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: stable 7.0 and nslookup help command=20 > Date: Tue=2C 7 Oct 2008 15:44:22 -0700 > From: oberman@es.net >=20 > More importantly=2C dig(1) uses the standard resolver routines while > nslookup has its own. This has=2C in some cases=2C resulted in different > results from nslookup than for what the stub resolver returns which can > really lead one down the primrose path when troubleshooting. >=20 > I consider nslookup to be evil. host(1) and dig(1) work well and I have > not seen any plans to deprecate host(1). It's just that host is a quick > lookup tool while dig(1) is a serious tool for DNS analysis and testing. > --=20 > R. Kevin Oberman=2C Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 _________________________________________________________________ Comunica=2C gioca e divertiti con i tuoi amici su Messenger! http://www.messenger.it=