[PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread wes
Does anyone know of a tool that can monitor DNS replies and notify on success/failure? Basically, I want to find out the moment a DNS server (that I do not control) has updated. thanks, -wes ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread nathan w
and on-topic plug@lists.pdxlinux.org Subject: [PLUG] dns monitor Date: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 8:43 am Does anyone know of a tool that can monitor DNS replies and notify on success/failure? Basically, I want to find out the moment a DNS server (that I do not control) has updated. thanks, -wes

Re: [PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread wes
it updates... So again... Why do you want this? - Reply message - From: wes p...@the-wes.com To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help,civil and on-topic plug@lists.pdxlinux.org Subject: [PLUG] dns monitor Date: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 8:43 am Does anyone know of a tool that can

Re: [PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread Michael R
wes wrote: I have a customer that is waiting on a DNS update for his site to start working. He's bugging my guys constantly, so I promised him we'd call him the moment it works. Currently, I'm checking his DNS server every few minutes manually. If I could automate this to alert me when it's

Re: [PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 08:43, wes p...@the-wes.com wrote: Does anyone know of a tool that can monitor DNS replies and notify on success/failure? Nagios includes the tools you need here. You could either use the whole stack (which I would recommend anyway, if you have this sort of client

Re: [PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread Fred James
wes wrote: I have a customer that is waiting on a DNS update for his site to start working. He's bugging my guys constantly, so I promised him we'd call him the moment it works. Currently, I'm checking his DNS server every few minutes manually. If I could automate this to alert me when it's

Re: [PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread Martin A. Brown
Hello there, : I have a customer that is waiting on a DNS update for his site to : start working. He's bugging my guys constantly, so I promised him : we'd call him the moment it works. Currently, I'm checking his : DNS server every few minutes manually. If I could automate this : to

Re: [PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, wes wrote: Does anyone know of a tool that can monitor DNS replies and notify on success/failure? Basically, I want to find out the moment a DNS server (that I do not control) has updated. Assuming the DNS server in question has an IPv4 address of 12.13.14.15 and the

Re: [PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread wes
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, wes wrote: Does anyone know of a tool that can monitor DNS replies and notify on success/failure? Basically, I want to find out the moment a DNS server (that I do not control) has updated.

Re: [PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, wes wrote: thanks for doing all my work for me :) The work was done long ago; I too have occasion to check for updates on DNS servers I don't control. :-) -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com http://www.madboa.com/ ___ PLUG

Re: [PLUG] dns monitor

2011-07-26 Thread Robert Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:07:03 -0700 nathan w wrote: Why? This query reminds me of an article i read describing the process of dns poisoning by pushing updates to a dns server at the moment it updates... So again... Why do you want this? On Tue,