From: klassen@sol.UVic.CA (Melvin Klassen)
Subject: Re: Need address/path (to U. of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. CANADA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 23:25:31 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.191836.3091@dsd.es.com> Maurice Smith 
<smitty@dsd.es.com> writes:
>
>Does anyone out there know the address/path to the University of Canterbury,
>Christchurch, New Zealand?  Specifically the Mechanical Engineering Department.
>
Since the machine 'DSD.ES.COM' is **directly** connected to the Internet,
the NSLOOKUP command can be used to do some "hunting-and-fishing":

> nslookup  
> set type=mx 
> set debug 
! Take a guess that the domain is 'UC' within the 'AC.NZ' domain.
> uc.ac.nz. 
------------ 
    QUESTIONS: 
        uc.ac.nz, type = MX, class = IN 
    AUTHORITY RECORDS: 
    ->  ac.nz   origin = truth.waikato.ac.nz 
        mail addr = soa.truth.waikato.ac.nz 
        serial=1992040801, refresh=43200, retry=600, expire=2592000, min=86400 
 
------------ 
Failed: NXDOMAIN, num. answers = 0, ns = 1, additional = 0 
*** can't find uc.ac.nz.: Non-existent domain 
!  Hmm.  "Waikato" is a city, so let's try a different guess:
> canterbury.ac.nz. 
------------ 
Got answer: 
    HEADER: 
        opcode = QUERY, id = 4, rcode = NOERROR 
        header flags:  response, want recursion, recursion avail. 
        questions = 1,  answers = 4,  auth. records = 4,  additional = 5 
 
    QUESTIONS: 
        canterbury.ac.nz, type = MX, class = IN 
    ANSWERS: 
    ->  canterbury.ac.nz        preference = 10, mail exchanger = cantva.canterbury.ac.nz 
    ->  canterbury.ac.nz        preference = 20, mail exchanger = grace.waikato.ac.nz 
    ->  canterbury.ac.nz        preference = 30, mail exchanger = truth.waikato.ac.nz 
    ->  canterbury.ac.nz        preference = 40, mail exchanger = relay.cs.net 
    AUTHORITY RECORDS: 
    ->  AC.NZ   nameserver = truth.waikato.ac.nz 
    ->  AC.NZ   nameserver = luxor.cc.waikato.ac.nz 
    ->  AC.NZ   nameserver = grace.waikato.ac.nz 
    ->  AC.NZ   nameserver = rata.vuw.ac.nz 
    ADDITIONAL RECORDS: 
    ->  cantva.canterbury.ac.nz inet address = 132.181.30.3 
    ->  grace.waikato.ac.nz     inet address = 130.217.64.32 
    ->  truth.waikato.ac.nz     inet address = 130.217.64.3 
    ->  luxor.cc.waikato.ac.nz  inet address = 130.217.64.13 
    ->  rata.vuw.ac.nz          inet address = 130.195.2.11 
 
------------ 
Non-authoritative answer: 
canterbury.ac.nz      preference = 10, mail exchanger = cantva.canterbury.ac.nz 
canterbury.ac.nz      preference = 20, mail exchanger = grace.waikato.ac.nz 
canterbury.ac.nz      preference = 30, mail exchanger = truth.waikato.ac.nz 
canterbury.ac.nz      preference = 40, mail exchanger = relay.cs.net 
Authoritative answers can be found from: 
cantva.canterbury.ac.nz inet address = 132.181.30.3 
grace.waikato.ac.nz     inet address = 130.217.64.32 
truth.waikato.ac.nz     inet address = 130.217.64.3 
luxor.cc.waikato.ac.nz  inet address = 130.217.64.13 
rata.vuw.ac.nz          inet address = 130.195.2.11 
! Select a name-server at Canterbury.
> server cantva.canterbury.ac.nz. 
! Ask it about all the hosts within this domain.
> ls canterbury.ac.nz. 
[cantva.canterbury.ac.nz] 
   Host or domain name            Internet address               
   -------------------            ----------------
     mech.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.60.1                    
 ken.mech.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.60.2                   
   physsa.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.30.8                  
     engf.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.210.1                 
   cantsa.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.30.4                  
   cantsb.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.30.5                  
   cantsc.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.30.6                  
     civl.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.70.8                  
     chem.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.173.2                 
     elec.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.50.13                 
   charon.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.30.7                  
     math.canterbury.ac.nz        132.181.23.20                 
> exit 
script done on Mon Apr 13 16:11:52 1992