dnstraceroute - DNS traceroute utility
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Description
dnstraceroute is a traceroute utility to figure out the path that a DNS request is passing through to get
to its destination. Comparing it to a network traceroute can help identify if DNS traffic is routed via
any unwanted path.
Name
dnstraceroute - DNS traceroute utility
Options
-h--help
Show this help
-q--quiet
Quiet
-e--expert
Print expert hints if available
-a--asn
Turn on AS# lookups for each hop encountered
-s--server
DNS server to use (default: first system resolver)
-p--port
DNS server port number (default: 53)
-c--count
Maximum number of hops (default: 30)
-w--wait
Maximum wait time for a reply (default: 5)
-t--type
DNS request record type (default: A)
-C--color
Print colorful output
See Also
Full Documentation available at https://dnsdiag.org/
User Commands December 2016 DNSTRACEROUTE(1)
Usage
usage: dnstraceroute [-h] [-q] [-a] [-s server] [-p port] [-c count] [-t type] [-w wait] hostname
