OT: validating DNS

[Derek Broughton]

Karl Larsen wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Can anybody recommend _free_ tools for validating my DNS?
>>
>> While checking that my ISP had finally (much too late, imo) applied the
>> patches for the DNS vulnerability Dan Kaminsky found (and if you run a
>> business, or are just reasonably paranoid, and don't know what I'm
>> talking about, run to http://www.doxpara.com), I ended up at
>> dnsstuff.com, which
>> reports "critical" errors for my domain.  I have my doubts - though I
>> confess there are some oddities - but I'll be damned if I'm giving them a
>> credit card number to see their report.
>>
>> Nothing else I've checked sees errors at all, let alone critical ones.
>>   
>     I am not at all sure I know what you want. Do you have a DNS name
> you want checked? I will be glad to ping it and see if it is alive. If
> you have a computer set up as a DNS Server that is different.

No, I have a domain, pointerstop.ca, that works just fine.  The MX points to
google hosted mail, and the A records point to an unrelated hosting
provider, so it's a little odd.  But really, I'm just wondering what
conceivable errors DNSStuff thinks they've found.  I don't actually think
there are any, and don't plan to give them a credit card number to find
that I'm right.
-- 
derek