kdig
Advanced DNS lookup utility. More information: https://www.knot-dns.cz/docs/latest/html/man_kdig.html.
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Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records):
kdig {{example.com}}
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Specify a specific DNS server to query (e.g. Google DNS):
kdig {{example.com}} @{{8.8.8.8}}
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Query a specific DNS record type associated with a given domain name:
kdig {{example.com}} {{A|AAAA|NS|SOA|DNSKEY|ANY}}
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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}}
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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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