[dns-operations] Decent DNS traversal tools

[Patrik Fältström]

On 19 sep 2011, at 13:11, Einar Lönn wrote:

> On Sep 16, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Mike Jones wrote:
> 
>> DNSCheck I had a quick look at the hosted demo, which gives a "green
>> light" and says everything is consistent for a test domain that has
>> every server responding with different answers. It seems to be more of
>> an error checker rather than a "how is everything responding" checker.
> 
> Please elaborate, what do you mean with "different answers"? DNSCheck is purely a "zone error checker" yes, but inconsistencies in responses should (generally, especially if SOA serial differs) give at least some kind of error or warning.
> 
> I dont think DNSCheck is the tool for you, considering what you say here, but it's always interesting to know if DNSCheck misses something. :)

DNSCheck is specifically designed (I can say as I did the original design, see http://dnscheck.se/) to find inconsistencies between the authoritative servers, and between the authoritative and parent servers.

   Patrik