kdig

Advanced DNS lookup utility.

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• Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records):

kdig {example.com}

• Specify a specific DNS server to query (e.g. Google DNS):

kdig {example.com} @{8.8.8.8}

• Query a specific DNS record type associated with a given domain name:

kdig {example.com} {A|AAAA|NS|SOA|DNSKEY|ANY}

• Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records) using DNS over TLS (DoT):

kdig -d @{8.8.8.8} +tls-ca +tls-host={dns.google} {example.com}

• Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records) using DNS over HTTPS (DoH):

kdig -d @{1.1.1.1} +https +tls-hostname={1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com} {example.com}

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