More importantly, dig(1) uses the standard resolver routines while nslookup has its own. This has, in some cases, resulted in different results from nslookup than for what the stub resolver returns which can really lead one down the primrose path when troubleshooting.
I consider nslookup to be evil. host(1) and dig(1) work well and I have not seen any plans to deprecate host(1). It's just that host is a quick lookup tool while dig(1) is a serious tool for DNS analysis and testing. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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