Use dig instead of nslookup

dig google.com

It is a much better tool then nslookup for getting information about the any site.It has got better capability too.For reverse information please use the switch "-x" and the ip address.

Sample Output

sudo /usr/bin/dig google.com

; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> google.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11120
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com.                    IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com.             27      IN      A       74.125.127.100
google.com.             27      IN      A       74.125.45.100
google.com.             27      IN      A       74.125.67.100

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
google.com.             113531  IN      NS      ns3.google.com.
google.com.             113531  IN      NS      ns2.google.com.
google.com.             113531  IN      NS      ns1.google.com.
google.com.             113531  IN      NS      ns4.google.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.google.com.         12140   IN      A       216.239.32.10
ns2.google.com.         12140   IN      A       216.239.34.10
ns3.google.com.         186240  IN      A       216.239.36.10
ns4.google.com.         186240  IN      A       216.239.38.10

;; Query time: 675 msec
;; SERVER: 202.138.103.100#53(202.138.103.100)
;; WHEN: Fri Aug 28 10:06:09 2009
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 212

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By: unixbhaskar

2009-08-28 04:32:52

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