+fail (to not try the next server if you receive a SERVFAIL.

If you try to set the T value to less than 1 then results in a query timeout of 1 second.

+time=T ( to set the timeout for a query to T seconds.

+qr ( to print or do not print the query as it is sent.

+cl ( to display or not the CLASS when printing the record.).

+all ( to set or clear all display flags.).

+question ( to print or not the question section of a query when an answer is returned.

+answer ( to display or not the answer section of a reply.

The default is to print the answer in verbose form.)

+aaonly (to sets the “aa” flag in the query) +short ( to display a brief answer.

I will list some of the most useful ones here and discuss them in detail with some practical examples throughout the article. You can check the man page to read more about them. Some keywords add or remove an option and some assign values to options. Every query option is identified by a keyword preceded by a plus sign (+). These options affect how lookups are made and results are displayed. There are several options and query options for the dig command. NS ⟶ ( Name Server) record contains the authoritative name servers.

SOA ⟶( Start Of Authority) record type holds important information about a domain or zone.CNAME ⟶ ( Canonical NAME) record type is used instead of an A (Adress) record if a domain is an alias for another domain.TXT ⟶ TeXT records are used to store definitive text.SIG⟶ SIG for the SIGnature record, used for encryption protocol.And it stores instructions to direct emails to mail servers. Which maps message transfer agents for the domain. Address records can only hold IPv4 addresses. They translate domain names and store them as IP addresses. A ⟶ Address records are one of the basic and most commonly used records, which are used to directly map a hostname to an IP Address.

Instaling Dig Out!