pc@ALEX.wif.ctt.bellcore.com (Peter Clitherow) (11/29/90)
I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of grep /etc/hosts in the top level domain. Say i'm looking for the person who handles e-mail requests for the MegaWidget Corp. i need to know how the organization is registered with DNS - without phoning up someone. is there any way in DNS to accomplish this? Or do i have to keep all the monthly updates of new domains registered, and search this with grep... [Sorry if this question has been answered before] Peter Clitherow, Bellcore, pc@bellcore.com 444 Hoes Lane, Room 1H-213, Piscataway, NJ 08854-4182 (908) 699-3322
rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) (11/29/90)
In article <1990Nov28.175602.28494@bellcore.bellcore.com> <pc@ctt.ctt.bellcore.com> writes: >I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of grep /etc/hosts in the top >level domain. Say i'm looking for the person who handles e-mail >requests for the MegaWidget Corp. i need to know how the organization >is registered with DNS - without phoning up someone. > >is there any way in DNS to accomplish this? Or do i have to keep all >the monthly updates of new domains registered, and search this with >grep... > Try the following: nslookup set type=soa megawidget.corp You should get back a response including a mail address. It will be in a funny form. If it looks like: HOSTMASTER.Boss.MegaWidget.Corp it is referring to the address 'HOSTMASTER@Boss.MegaWidget.Corp'. This is actually the address of the person who maintains the database for the company. May not be the postmaster. But you could try 'Postmaster@Boss.MegaWidget.Corp' as a likely postmaster address. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115. +1-815-753-6940