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Online DNS Tools

DNS Stuff  Web-based tools are probably the best and have established reputation, but there quite a lot of interesting newcomers...

Old News ;-)

[Aug 10, 2009] DNS Tools Ajax DNS

• Live DNS See all DNS records and Reverse DNS records for a domain.
• Whois Search Shows both registry and registrar results for a domain.
• IP Whois Shows the RIR (Regional Internet Registry) results for the IP address owner.
• HTTP Headers Shows server returned HTTP Headers for domain or IP address. Traverses redirects as well, great for troubleshooting .htaccess and Apache
• RBL Search Searches several SPAM Listing databases to see if your domain and/or IP address is listed. Great to troubleshoot mail delivery problems.
• Ping Ping a domain or IP address to check if online.
• DNS Traversal Checks root nameservers for NS records for your domain. Helpful to troubleshoot propagation issues.

MX Lookup Tool - Check your DNS MX Records online

Open Source Alternative Software - Online DNS tools Open Source Alternatives to DNSSTUFF.com

Ip Tools, DNS tools, internet tools, WHOIS, traceroute, ping, domain name tools

Free online network utilities - traceroute, nslookup, automatic whois lookup, ping, finger

Recommended Links

Multi-tools

• http://www.dnsstuff.com/  DNS Stuff DNS tools, WHOIS, tracert, ping, and other network tools.
• Traceroute, Ping, Domain Name Server (DNS) Lookup, WHOIS, and DNS Records Lookup
• DNS Sleuth

Whois

• VeriSign Inc. - www.verisign.com

Web DNS resolvers

• Demon Internet Internet Query Tools
• Nslookup -- Web based lookup; nice if you have firewalled environment. Nice if you are behind firewall
• WEBDNS, a Web-based DNS administration tool
• Declude Tools - DNS Report

• http://www.dnsreport.com/ - Checks for various DNS records, with explainations and links to RFCs
• http://www.samspade.org - Online tools - hand for checking connectivity and DNS from other places on the web. Robustly constructed.
• http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/sleuth/ - DNS Sleuth, verbose DNS checker
• http://www.netcraft.com - What is that server running? How long has it been up?
• http://centralops.net/co/ - More online network tools. Domain Dossier seems good.
• http://tatumweb.com/iptools.htm - More online network tools...
• http://centralops.net/co/NsLookup.vbs.asp - do a nslookup to a particular server

DNS tools

• Dig It Online dig from Men & Mice. Here is a non-DNS link. (checked 08-Sep-2004)
• Dig Gateway Online dig from SpaceReg. Here is a non-DNS link. (checked 11-Apr-2004)
• Internet Query Tools General Internet directory lookup from Demon Internet, including DNS and integrated access to WHOIS servers worldwide. Here is a non-DNS link. (checked 11-Apr-2004)
• Netinfo at Berkeley Menu-driven directory lookup tool, using dig for DNS. Requires telnet.
• Sleuth Online tool, checks DNS zones for errors, by Martin Mares. A downloadable version of Sleuth is also available. (version 1.4-pre1 of 30-Mar-2003, checked 08-Sep-2004)
• ZoneCheck Online zone checking tool from NIC France. Source code is available. (checked 08-Sep-2004)