Tools for MacOS will also be listed soon. If you know of a DNS tool that is not listed here, please let me know. MD5 checksums are provided for the some of the freely available packages. Personally I use dig whenever available, otherwise nslookup . Can be used in both interactive or batch mode, which is why it is still hanging around.
Most people prefer dig or host , given the choice.
By Eric Wassenaar, meant as an evolution of nslookup and dig . Overall diagnostics These systems help in diagnosing problems by testing DNS data against heuristics of what DNS information should look like. No system will pick up all problems, but the most frequent problems will be easily spotted by tools such as dnswalk . Checker For server-side analysis of misconfiguration at remote sites. Last updated in 1995.