The Linux dig command is useful for DNS lookup and to query specific DNS name servers. Basic syntax is: This will give you a generic answer similar to this: ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> oopsla.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 31918 ;; flags: qr rd ra; …
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Run traceroute on macOS Terminal and Understand the Results
The other day a client was having issues reaching a couple of websites from within their office environment. Our good command line utility traceroute came to the rescue. I used to run this command back in the days when mainly using Windows. Luckily, we can run traceroute in macos terminal. I had to brew another …
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