23 Sep
2003
23 Sep
'03
5:46 p.m.
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Kee Hinckley wrote:
Getting practical for a minute. What is the optimal way now to see if a given host truly exists? Assume that I can't control the DNS
Look for a SOA record for the domain - this should be the proper way to check for the existance of a domain, instead of looking for A, NS or MX records..
He asked for the "optimal way" "to see if a given host truly exists" and you told him how to confirm or deny the "existance of a domain". He asked about hosts, you answered about domains. DS