DNS Workshop
Thursday Jul 19, 2012
Lesser known DNS tools and BIND tricks
A talk at the german unix user group (GUUG) meeting on 2nd August 2012 in Berlin. The name of the talk is "Lesser known DNS tools and BIND tricks".
The slides
Direct Link: Lesser known DNS tools and BIND tricks
PDF Version Lesser known DNS tools and BIND tricks
Tools mentioned in the talk
| command | package / project | webpage | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dnsget | udns | http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/udns.html | simple dns lookup tool |
| dig | bind9 | http://isc.org | generic dns lookup tool |
| dnsmap | dnsmap | http://code.google.com/p/dnsmap/ | brute force dns zone mapper |
| adnshost | adns | http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/ | fast, asynchronous dns lookup tool |
| adnsresfilter | adns | http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/ | dns IP to name resolution as a filter |
| avahi-browse | avahi | http://avahi.org | browse multicast DNS services |
| mdns-scan | mdns-scan | http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/mdns-scan/ | browse multicast DNS service |
| ldns-mx | ldns | http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ | lookup mail server for a domain |
| dnstree | dnsbrowse | http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/SOFTWARE/DNS/ | terse display of a zone |
| lookup | dnssec-tools | http://www.dnssec-tools.org/ | graphical DNS and DNSSEC lookup tool |
| ldns-chaos | ldns | http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ | find version of DNS server |
| fpdns | fpdns | https://github.com/kirei/fpdns | fingerprint DNS server version |
| echoping | echoping | http://echoping.sourceforge.net/ | measure DNS server latency |
| dnstop | dnstop | http://dns.measurement-factory.com/tools/dnstop/ | monitor local DNS traffic |
| dnscap | dnscap | https://www.dns-oarc.net/tools/dnscap/ | capture DNS traffic |
| dnspktflow | dnssec-tools | http://www.dnssec-tools.org/ | visualize DNS traffic in a network |
| dnstracer | dnstracer | http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php/ | displays the DNS delegation tree |
| dnswalk | dnswalk | http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnswalk/ | validate a DNS zone |
| zonecheck | zonecheck | http://zonecheck.fr | DNS zone debugger |
| mapper | dnssec-tools | http://www.dnssec-tools.org/ | graphically display the content of a zone file |
| DNSSEC-check | dnssec-tools | http://www.dnssec-tools.org/ | test DNSSEC caching resolver capabilities |
| sshfp | sshfp | http://www.xelerance.com/services/software/sshfp/ | generate SSHFP records from knownhosts |
| ldns-walk | ldns | http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ | "walks" a NSEC signed zone |
| walker | walker | http://josefsson.org/walker/ | "walks" a NSEC signed zone |
| drill | ldns | http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ | clone of 'dig' with extra functions |
| unbound-host | unbound | http://unbound.net | the ultimate DNS/DNSSEC troubleshooting tool |
| donuts | dnssec-tools | http://www.dnssec-tools.org/ | validates a DNSSEC signed zone |
| ldns-verify | ldns | http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/ | validates a DNSSEC signed zone |
| named-checkconf | bind9 | http://isc.org | verifies a BIND 9 configuration file and zones |
| named-checkzone | bind9 | http://isc.org | verifies a DNS master zone file |
| named-compilezone | bind9 | http://isc.org | converts a zone file between text and binary format |
| named-journalprint | bind9 | http://isc.org | prints the content of a BIND 9 journal file |
| nsupdate | bind9 | http://isc.org | sends DNS dynamic updates to a DNS server |
Posted at 10:13PM Jul 19, 2012 by Carsten in Conferences | Comments[3]
Can you please provide a PDF of the slides for viewing on an iPhone?
Posted by Tony Finch on August 03, 2012 at 12:59 PM CEST #
Hello Tony,
the slides are made in HTML using S5 (http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/). I haven't found out how to produce a good PDF version from the slides (if you have a hint for me, let me know).
As a workaround for iPhone, I've provided a direct link to the HTML slides (non-iframe). Load these, and then tap in the lower right corner to display the slide controls. If you select the "0" for "Outline Mode", you get a single HTML page of all the content that you can scroll up and down on the iPhone.
-- Carsten
Posted by Carsten Strotmann on August 04, 2012 at 03:06 PM CEST #
Hi Tony,
thanks to Google Chrome I was able to produce a PDF version of the slides (b/w). See the link in the blog article.
I plan to create a small blog article on every tool mentioned in the talk, as the slides do not contain all the details that I talk about in the talk (because it is a "talk", not a "read" :) )
-- Carsten
Posted by Carsten Strotmann on August 04, 2012 at 04:49 PM CEST #