[comp.unix.questions] hosts

rtkeys@crocus.waterloo.edu (Rob Keys) (05/13/91)

Could some kind person tell me how to find out what hosts are at a certain
site (if this is even possible)


Thnx in adv.
flee

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brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) (05/15/91)

In <1991May12.210836.21700@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, rtkeys@crocus.waterloo.edu writes:
>Could some kind person tell me how to find out what hosts are at a certain
>site (if this is even possible)


 Not practically;  but you can use nslookup. Say ns.foo.org is the
primary (or secondary) nameserver for foo.org. Then go into nslookup
and, assuming their name daemon will allow you to do it, you can list
the hosts within the domain by doing

	> server ns.foo.org.
	> ls foo.org.

 But I'd suggest just writing to the admin and/or postmaster of the
system and asking them for the information you need -- it'll save you
a *lot* of time (and bandwidth).

Brendan
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