Post #794089
2026-03-26 04:51 UTC
Replies (5)
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@dbauer@social.caserio.de 2026-03-26 13:48
@tykling Can you elaborate why? I use nslookup if I want to see if I screwed up my DNS config and dig to see what specific servers do
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@gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-03-26 14:56
@tykling @jpmens When it fails to do what I need, yeah, I turn to other tools, but it's the only thing available on most Windows boxes, so I have decades of muscle-memory/-baggage behind my continued use. 😕
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@pmevzek@framapiaf.org 2026-03-26 16:54
@tykling 100% agree but usually people having learnt DNS 20 years ago will reply back with: "but nslookup exists by default in Windows, and not dig, so...".
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@rmbolger@mastodon.social 2026-03-26 21:03
@tykling Hard agree but it’s difficult for Windows users since BIND abandoned support for the platform. “Just use WSL” isn’t really a solution particularly in corporate environments. I’m still clinging on to my Windows-native copy of 9.17.5. But it’s eventually going to stop being useful as newer versions leave it behind.
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@ztychr@norrebro.space 2026-03-26 21:57
@tykling there's nothing like a +short dig