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dnstracer 1.9 (Default)

Section: Unix

Added: Thu, Jan 17th 2002 01:28 UTC (6 years, 5 months ago)

Updated: Thu, May 15th 2008 11:43 UTC (1 month, 22 days ago)

About:
dnstracer determines where a given Domain Name Server (DNS) gets its information from, and follows the chain of DNS servers back to the servers which know the data.

Release focus: Minor bugfixes

Changes:
The timeout command line parameter was re-integrated. IPv6 root server handling was fixed. A lame server issue with certain domain names was fixed.

Author:
Edwin Groothuis [contact developer]

Homepage:
http://www.mavetju.org/unix/general.php
Tar/GZ:
http://www.mavetju.org/download/dnstracer-1.9.tar.gz
Changelog:
http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer-changes.txt
BSD Ports URL:
http://freshports.org/dns/dnstracer/
Mailing list archive:
http://www.mavetju.org/contacts.php

Trove categories: [change]
[Development Status] 5 - Production/Stable
[Environment] Console (Text Based)
[License] OSI Approved :: BSD License (original)
[Operating System] Unix
[Topic] Internet :: Name Service (DNS), System :: Networking, Utilities

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

Project admins: [change]
» Edwin Groothuis (Owner)

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Branches

Branch Version Last release License URLs

Default 1.9 15-May-2008 BSD License (original)

Releases

Version Focus Date

1.9 Minor bugfixes 15-May-2008 11:43

1.8 Minor bugfixes 08-Jul-2004 15:23

1.7 Minor feature enhancements 15-Feb-2003 05:17

1.6 Minor feature enhancements 30-Jul-2002 14:43

1.5 N/A 12-Jun-2002 04:58

1.4 Minor feature enhancements 24-Feb-2002 23:11

1.3 Minor bugfixes 05-Feb-2002 21:14

1.2 Minor feature enhancements 24-Jan-2002 02:52

1.1 Minor bugfixes 18-Jan-2002 07:18

Comments

[»] DJB's dnstrace differences?
by Jul - Feb 26th 2002 04:29:52

What is the difference between this and DJB's dnstrace (included in his djbdns package)? His dnstrace traces down all domain names from the root and does a great deal of output. URL: cr.yp.to/djbdns.html

--
jul

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[»] Re: DJB's dnstrace differences?
by Edwin Groothuis - Jun 12th 2002 00:49:51

> What is the difference between this and
> DJB's dnstrace (included in his djbdns
> package)? His dnstrace traces down all
> domain names from the root and does a
> great deal of output. URL:
> cr.yp.to/djbdns.html
- The license used
- The output. Please see http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php for more information.

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