-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: MD5 Hello Jason, Monday, October 7, 2002, 7:14:41 PM, you wrote: JL> Hope this doesn't come across as DNS-101, but is there some way to tell JL> what DNS server one uses? Kinda like telnetting to port 80 or 25? I JL> know if it is possible, it's just as possible for them to change the JL> output, but chances are the brainiacs of the world who don't filter JL> probably aren't smart enough to change what their DNS server 'appears' JL> to be either. This will work: dig @nameserver.tld chaos txt version.bind For BIND nameservers, but it is not a standard convention so it is not supported by all nameservers, and most administrators disable the output from the command at this point: datacenterwire.com /home/allan#dig @ns1.vbind.com chaos txt version.bind ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns1.vbind.com chaos txt version.bind ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; version.bind, type = TXT, class = CHAOS ;; ANSWER SECTION: VERSION.BIND. 0S CHAOS TXT "DNS, we aint got no stinkin DNS" ;; Total query time: 0 msec ;; FROM: datacenterwire.com to SERVER: ns1.vbind.com 66.150.201.103 ;; WHEN: Mon Oct 7 17:37:39 2002 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 30 rcvd: 86 allan - -- Allan Liska allan@allan.org http://www.allan.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAwUAPaIbPikg6TAvIBeFAQFFrgP/YxHLFuoYQ1xAV2lqrKjRPIbadTT2KwrS Xe0wK4Z/+oeYaK5HGXLXSMuZqRUvx1tLkZpN2j3Z5XAbKk5ALHXgtmonE4uZmxwd iOiUG4t8UlxWbrTirsWCTpl99Ugv7WP1PbtW2Dy33xS9i6aupUbIcMyqoANZOif7 sC/28CC6olE= =buSZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----