{"id":2027,"date":"2018-06-22T16:34:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T16:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2021-01-13T21:11:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T03:11:13","slug":"install-dig-on-ubuntu-debian-or-kali-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/install-dig-on-ubuntu-debian-or-kali-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Install dig on Ubuntu, Debian or Kali Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Help options for dig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n


Dig is a DNS lookup utility.\u00a0 It is included in most Linux distributions by default, but if it isn’t you can easily install dig with the following command.<\/p>\n

The dig utility is apart of the dnsutils package<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install dnsutils -y<\/pre>\n
After it is installed, we can verify that it is working with<\/p>\n
dig -v<\/pre>\n\n\n
For more information on how to use dig, refer to the following link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/663056\/how-to-use-the-dig-command-on-linux\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following is copied and pasted from the dig man page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NAME<\/b>\n       dig - DNS lookup utility\n\nSYNOPSIS<\/b>\n       dig<\/b> [@server] [-b<\/b> address<\/u>] [-c<\/b> class<\/u>] [-f<\/b> filename<\/u>] [-k<\/b> filename<\/u>] [-m<\/b>] [-p<\/b> port#<\/u>] [-q<\/b> name<\/u>]\n           [-t<\/b> type<\/u>] [-v<\/b>] [-x<\/b> addr<\/u>] [-y<\/b> [hmac:]name:key<\/u>] [[-4<\/b>] | [-6<\/b>]] [name] [type] [class]\n           [queryopt...]\n\n       dig<\/b> [-h<\/b>]\n\n       dig<\/b> [global-queryopt...] [query...]\n\nDESCRIPTION<\/b>\n       dig<\/b> is a flexible tool for interrogating DNS name servers. It performs DNS lookups and\n       displays the answers that are returned from the name server(s) that were queried. Most DNS\n       administrators use dig<\/b> to troubleshoot DNS problems because of its flexibility, ease of use\n       and clarity of output. Other lookup tools tend to have less functionality than dig<\/b>.\n\n       Although dig<\/b> is normally used with command-line arguments, it also has a batch mode of\n       operation for reading lookup requests from a file. A brief summary of its command-line\n       arguments and options is printed when the -h<\/b> option is given. Unlike earlier versions, the\n       BIND 9 implementation of dig<\/b> allows multiple lookups to be issued from the command line.\n\n       Unless it is told to query a specific name server, dig<\/b> will try each of the servers listed\n       in \/etc\/resolv.conf. If no usable server addresses are found, dig<\/b> will send the query to the\n       local host.\n\n       When no command line arguments or options are given, dig<\/b> will perform an NS query for "."\n       (the root).\n\n       It is possible to set per-user defaults for dig<\/b> via ${HOME}\/.digrc. This file is read and\n       any options in it are applied before the command line arguments. The -r<\/b> option disables this\n       feature, for scripts that need predictable behaviour.\n\n       The IN and CH class names overlap with the IN and CH top level domain names. Either use the\n       -t<\/b> and -c<\/b> options to specify the type and class, use the -q<\/b> the specify the domain name, or\n       use "IN." and "CH." when looking up these top level domains.\n\nSIMPLE<\/b> USAGE<\/b>\n       A typical invocation of dig<\/b> looks like:\n\n            dig @server name type\n\n       where:\n\n       server<\/b>\n           is the name or IP address of the name server to query. This can be an IPv4 address in\n           dotted-decimal notation or an IPv6 address in colon-delimited notation. When the\n           supplied server<\/u> argument is a hostname, dig<\/b> resolves that name before querying that name\n           server.\n\n           If no server<\/u> argument is provided, dig<\/b> consults \/etc\/resolv.conf; if an address is found\n           there, it queries the name server at that address. If either of the -4<\/b> or -6<\/b> options are\n           in use, then only addresses for the corresponding transport will be tried. If no usable\n           addresses are found, dig<\/b> will send the query to the local host. The reply from the name\n           server that responds is displayed.\n\n       name<\/b>\n           is the name of the resource record that is to be looked up.\n\n       type<\/b>\n           indicates what type of query is required \u2014 ANY, A, MX, SIG, etc.  type<\/u> can be any valid\n           query type. If no type<\/u> argument is supplied, dig<\/b> will perform a lookup for an A record.\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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