[dns-operations] is there a diagnostic tool to obtain delegated ns?

[Mark Andrews]

In message <5411CB74.8090605 at easydns.com>, "Mark E. Jeftovic" writes:
> 
> I'm going to be open sourcing a php class I wrote awhile back that we
> use internally for finding the delegated nameservers for a specified domain.
> 
> This is distinct from "host -C" or doing a type=ns query because while
> those will look at what are *thought* to be the NS records for the
> domain (as reported by the nameservers themselves), it is not uncommon
> to be at variance from what's actually delegated into the roots.
> 
> The class is just a wrapper that steps through dig +trace, but before I
> clean this up, etc I'm wondering if we re-invented a wheel somewhere
> along the line.
> 
> Is there already any tool specifically outputs the authoritative
> nameservers as they are delegated in the rootzone for a domain?
> 
> - mark

The following will work for any zone w/o a embedded period in a label.

zone="$1" parent="$1" ns=
while test -z "$ns" -a -n "$parent"
do
        parent=`expr "X$zone" : '^[^.]*.\(.*\)'`
        ns=`dig +short ns -q "$parent"`
done
(
        for s in $ns
        do
                dig +noall -q "$zone" soa "@$s" +authority
        done
) | awk '{print $5}' | sort -ui

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