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Package: dnsutils (1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3)

Clients provided with BIND

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) implements an Internet domain name server. BIND is the most widely-used name server software on the Internet, and is supported by the Internet Software Consortium, www.isc.org.

This package delivers various client programs related to DNS that are derived from the BIND source tree. 

 - dig - query the DNS in various ways
 - nslookup - the older way to do it
 - nsupdate - perform dynamic updates (See RFC2136)

Tags: User Interface: Command Line, Networking: Client, Network Protocol: DNS, Role: Program

Other Packages Related to dnsutils

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: bind9-host
    Version of 'host' bundled with BIND 9.X
    or host
    utility for querying DNS servers
    also a virtual package provided by bind9-host
  • dep: libbind9-50 (= 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3)
    BIND9 Shared Library used by BIND
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.6)
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libcap2 (>= 2.10)
    support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabilities
  • dep: libdns50 (= 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3)
    DNS Shared Library used by BIND
  • dep: libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2)
    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - krb5 GSS-API Mechanism
  • dep: libisc50 (= 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3)
    ISC Shared Library used by BIND
  • dep: libisccfg50 (= 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3)
    Config File Handling Library used by BIND
  • dep: liblwres50 (= 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3)
    Lightweight Resolver Library used by BIND
  • dep: libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8f-5)
    SSL shared libraries
  • dep: libxml2 (>= 2.6.27)
    GNOME XML library
  • sug: rblcheck
    Tool to Query RBL Servers

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