Dig Without Cache

dig can return cached responses because it caches the results of previous queries to improve performance. For the same reason the cache responses can come from the configured name servers. This is useful when you are querying the same domain multiple times, but it can be problematic when you need to check if a change […]

Setup DNS Resolution With “resolv.conf” in Examples

The /etc/resolv.conf configuration file contains information that allows a computer to convert alpha-numeric domain names into the numeric IP addresses. The process of converting domain names to IP addresses is called resolving. When using DHCP, dhclient usually rewrites resolv.conf with information received from the DHCP server. How do I edit the “/etc/resolv.conf” file? Use text […]