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#29508 9-Jan-2009 17:43

Are there any public services available to give you detailed stats on a domain name, such as MX record, A record, sub-domains etc?

I have a client with Xtra and I want to transfer them over to our registrar but they are unsure what on their domain points where - a tool to check this would be very helpful.

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#188436 9-Jan-2009 18:43

Tried domaintools.com ?

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#188440 9-Jan-2009 19:01

http://network-tools.com/nslook/Default.asp
http://www.heise-online.co.uk/networks/tools/dns-query
http://cqcounter.com/whois/

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#188452 9-Jan-2009 19:53

nate: Are there any public services available to give you detailed stats on a domain name, such as MX record, A record, sub-domains etc?

I have a client with Xtra and I want to transfer them over to our registrar but they are unsure what on their domain points where - a tool to check this would be very helpful.

The only way you will be able to get all the info is to do a AXFR (domain transfer DNS request, used when the slave server needs the information from the master), you can use "dig" to do this, if you have it.

dig AXFR thedomaininquestion.com @thierprimarynameserver.com

Whether xtra will allow the AXFR to you is another matter, worth trying for a start.

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#188471 9-Jan-2009 20:58

I use Sam Spade, for digging via multiple name servers etc Cool and very light tool.

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#188476 9-Jan-2009 22:18

Xtra/Telecom can provide the zone file, if required.

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