Differences between version 3 and predecessor to the previous major change of ForwardLookup.
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| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Monday, August 25, 2003 4:41:41 pm | by zcat(1) | Revert |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Monday, August 25, 2003 11:35:28 am | by CraigBox | Revert |
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The action of finding an [IP] address given a HostName, using [DNS].
-A ForwardLookup tends to use A records in DNS, though may also use any combination of CNAME/MX depending on what you're looking for.
+ bash-2.05b$ host wlug.org.nz
+ wlug.org.nz has address 203.97.10.50
+ wlug.org.nz mail is handled (pri=10) by smtp.wlug.org.nz
+
+
A ForwardLookup tends to use A records in [
DNS]
, though may also use any combination of [
CNAME]
/[
MX]
depending on what you're looking for.
Contrast ReverseLookup.
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CategoryNetworking
