Julia Evans (b0rk on Twitter) does not just make cool zines (like the DNS one) but also cool sites (the DNS lookup one). It’ is better than Google Toolbox, IntoDNS and others
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/31
A while after writing notes on updating DNS info with bind DNS, b0rk (Julia Evans) posted about her DNS zine which got a reply about her DNS lookup tool. Below is part of that thread.
The reason I post is that – unlike the Google DNS ToolBox – you can bookmark her DNS tool link including the actual search part, which makes it far easier to do systems administration.
Examples:
- [Wayback/Archive] DNS lookups!
- [Wayback/Archive] DNS lookups! –
example.org– all records - [Wayback/Archive] DNS lookups! –
example.org–SOA - [Wayback/Archive] DNS lookups! –
wiert.me– all records - [Wayback/Archive] DNS lookups! –
wiert.me–SOA
There is a trace tool too:
- [Wayback/Archive] DNS lookups! –
trace - [Wayback/Archive] DNS lookups! –
trace–example.org - [Wayback/Archive] DNS lookups! –
trace–wiert.me
The thread:
- [Wayback/Archive] 🔎Julia Evans🔍 on Twitter: “delighted to announce that my new zine “How DNS Works!” is out today! You can get it here for $12: …”
- [Wayback/Archive] Mike Johnson on Twitter: “@b0rk Your DNS query tool is really neat :)”
- [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@mike_johnson @b0rk Is this client-side lookup? As the @waybackmachine somehow does not show the results of archived URLs: …”
- [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@mike_johnson @b0rk @waybackmachine The Google DNS toolbox (that Julia’s github repository mentions) does allow bookmarks, but entering data does not change the URL to become the bookmarkable one. When using … to lookup ANY for
example.orgyou get … 2/” - [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@mike_johnson @b0rk @waybackmachine The bookmarkable URL is there, but just not shown: … Julia does not just get the big things right, but also these little details. That makes her work so great! 3/3”
Related:
- [Wayback/Archive] 🔎Julia Evans🔍 on Twitter: “my new zine “How DNS Works” is coming out ★ tomorrow ★ and I’m so excited. here’s the table of contents as a teaser :)”
- [Wayback/Archive] ducksauz on Twitter: “I’m both a huge fan of @b0rk’s zines and a giant DNS nerd. So excited to see a thorough *and* approachable text on DNS to which I can refer folks. Great work, Julia!”
- [Wayback/Archive] janusworx on Twitter: “These little bits of whimsy are why I buy everything @b0rk creates”
authoritative nameservers
The authoritative nameservers are the servers where the DNS records are actually stored. They’re wearing crowns because they’re In Charge.
–jeroen
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