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DNS Lookup

Any record type for any name, with the answer's status explained.

What this tool does

DNS translates names into the addresses and settings that make a website, a mail system or a login work. When any of them break, the first question is what a name actually publishes.

Pick a record type, or all of the common ones, and see the answer with its TTL. The result tells you whether an empty answer means the name does not exist, exists with no record of that type, or that the resolver failed (often a nameserver outage or a DNSSEC problem). Enter an IP address for a reverse lookup.

Reading the result

NXDOMAIN
The name does not exist.
No record
The name exists but has nothing of that type.
SERVFAIL
The resolver could not get an answer. Check the nameservers and DNSSEC.
TTL
How many seconds resolvers may cache the answer. A change takes up to this long to be seen everywhere.
Validated
The resolver reports the answer passed DNSSEC validation.

Questions people ask

Why does my DNS change not show up?

Resolvers cache the old answer for as long as its TTL. Lower the TTL a day before a planned change, and expect old answers until the previous TTL has passed.

What is a PTR record?

The reverse of an address record: it maps an IP address back to a name. Mail servers should have one that matches.

Which resolver answers?

A public recursive resolver, asked from our servers. Names that resolve only inside a private network, and private address ranges, are not looked up.

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