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20 Jul 2012

Lesser known DNS tools and BIND tricks

A talk at the german unix user group (GUUG) meeting on 2nd August 2012 in Berlin. The name of the talk is "Lesser known DNS tools and BIND tricks".

The slides

Tools mentioned in the talk

command package / project webpage description
dnsget udns http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/udns.html simple dns lookup tool
dig bind9 http://isc.org generic dns lookup tool
dnsmap dnsmap http://code.google.com/p/dnsmap/ brute force dns zone mapper
adnshost adns http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/ fast, asynchronous dns lookup tool
adnsresfilter adns http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/ dns IP to name resolution as a filter
avahi-browse avahi http://avahi.org browse multicast DNS services
mdns-scan mdns-scan http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/mdns-scan/ browse multicast DNS service
ldns-mx ldns http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ lookup mail server for a domain
dnstree dnsbrowse http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/SOFTWARE/DNS/ terse display of a zone
lookup dnssec-tools http://www.dnssec-tools.org/ graphical DNS and DNSSEC lookup tool
ldns-chaos ldns http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ find version of DNS server
fpdns fpdns https://github.com/kirei/fpdns fingerprint DNS server version
echoping echoping http://echoping.sourceforge.net/ measure DNS server latency
dnstop dnstop http://dns.measurement-factory.com/tools/dnstop/ monitor local DNS traffic
dnscap dnscap https://www.dns-oarc.net/tools/dnscap/ capture DNS traffic
dnspktflow dnssec-tools http://www.dnssec-tools.org/ visualize DNS traffic in a network
dnstracer dnstracer http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php/ displays the DNS delegation tree
dnswalk dnswalk http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnswalk/ validate a DNS zone
zonecheck zonecheck http://zonecheck.fr DNS zone debugger
mapper dnssec-tools http://www.dnssec-tools.org/ graphically display the content of a zone file
DNSSEC-check dnssec-tools http://www.dnssec-tools.org/ test DNSSEC caching resolver capabilities
sshfp sshfp http://www.xelerance.com/services/software/sshfp/ generate SSHFP records from knownhosts
ldns-walk ldns http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ "walks" a NSEC signed zone
walker walker http://josefsson.org/walker/ "walks" a NSEC signed zone
drill ldns http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ clone of 'dig' with extra functions
unbound-host unbound http://unbound.net the ultimate DNS/DNSSEC troubleshooting tool
donuts dnssec-tools http://www.dnssec-tools.org/ validates a DNSSEC signed zone
ldns-verify ldns http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ validates a DNSSEC signed zone
named-checkconf bind9 http://isc.org verifies a BIND 9 configuration file and zones
named-checkzone bind9 http://isc.org verifies a DNS master zone file
named-compilezone bind9 http://isc.org converts a zone file between text and binary format
named-journalprint bind9 http://isc.org prints the content of a BIND 9 journal file
nsupdate bind9 http://isc.org sends DNS dynamic updates to a DNS server
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