nameserver query?

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting Brandon Vincent <Brandon.Vincent at asu.edu>:

> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone know how or if I can query a nameserver to find out what domains
>> it provides services for? So I'd like to do something like:
>>
>> dig bla bla bla ns1.x.com
>>
>> and get a list of domains for that server.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Dave
>
> To request all the records for a particular domain, you can issue a
> DNS AXFR query to a nameserver.
>
> dig @ns1.example.com -tAXFR example.com
>
> However, I can guarantee you that nearly all internet facing DNS
> servers are not going to honor your request for an unauthenticated
> zone transfer. Servers that do usually find themselves being utilized
> in DDoS amplification attacks.
>
> Brandon Vincent

OK, I'll see and let you know.

D

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