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DNS lookup

Any record type from your choice of resolver, with DNSSEC flags, TTLs, distinct outcomes and every answer clickable.

Queries the target from our servers

This sends the question to our API, which queries the selected resolver from one server location. Results are not a global propagation map. Costs 2 API credits.

How to read a DNS result

The answer includes each record's TTL, the responding server and the authenticated data (AD) flag. AD means the selected validating resolver reported DNSSEC validation; an absent flag alone does not prove a problem. The local system resolver's DNSSEC behavior depends on the deployment.

Outcomes and limits

NODATA means the name exists but has no answer of the chosen type. NXDOMAIN means the name does not exist according to that resolver. SERVFAIL and timeout are separate failure states. Authoritative mode finds a public name server through the local resolver and asks it directly. Results reflect one vantage point at one time.

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