telnetting/netcatting into a DNS server?

Andrew P. infofarmer at gmail.com
Tue Oct 25 10:50:26 PDT 2005


On 10/25/05, Mohan Singh <mohansingh68 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Whenever I need to test a mail/ssh/web server, I usually just telnet or nc
> into the appropriate port, i.e.:
>
>    $ echo "GET / " |nc -v yahoo.com 80
>
>    $ nc -v localhost 22
>    Connection to localhost 22 port [tcp/ssh] succeeded!
>    SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_4.2
>
> 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.
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Why don't you read the netcat manpage for starters?


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