DNS Cheatsheet

With NSLookup

  • Basic lookup

     nslookup example.com
  • MX Mail lookup

     nslookup -query=mx example.com
  • Name server lookup

        nslookup -query=ns example.com
  • SOA (Start of Authority) lookup

        nslookup -query=soa example.com
  • View all information

        nslookup -query=all example.com

With Dig

dig example.com

dig -t MX example.com

dig -t ANY example.com