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Package: host (20000331-9)

utility for querying DNS servers

'host' is a utility, similar to 'nslookup' (deprecated) or 'dig', used to query DNS servers for domain names and zones.

This package provides the original version of 'host', originally in the package 'dnsutils'. BIND9 provides a similar utility, in 'bind9-host'.

Tags: User Interface: Command Line, Network Protocol: DNS, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Checking

Packages providing host

bind9-host
Version of 'host' bundled with BIND 9.X

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1)
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries

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