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Using dig and whois on Windows 10

By Johan van Soest.

Published : 2016-12-08.

Last updated : 2017-05-02.

Another two reasons to run Ubuntu Bash on Windows 10 as a corporate webmaster are the availability of the commands dig and whois.

DNS queries using dig

Open your BASH Ubuntu prompt in Windows 10 and use the command dig. Example:

johan@NLAALPC03:~$ dig any vansoest.it

; <<>> DiG 9.9.5-3ubuntu0.10-Ubuntu <<>> any vansoest.it
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 65225
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4000
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;vansoest.it.                   IN      ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
vansoest.it.            11547   IN      A       217.73.229.100
vansoest.it.            11552   IN      NS      ns2.tuonome.it.
vansoest.it.            11552   IN      NS      ns3.tuonome.it.
vansoest.it.            11552   IN      NS      ns.tuonome.it.
vansoest.it.            14400   IN      SOA     ns.tuonome.it. postmaster.vansoest.it. 2016091401 86400 7200 2000000 14400
vansoest.it.            14400   IN      MX      10 mail.email-pro.eu.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns3.tuonome.it.         4302    IN      A       81.2.199.68

;; Query time: 87 msec
;; SERVER: 10.1.20.252#53(10.1.20.252)
;; WHEN: Wed Dec 07 14:51:45 STD 2016
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 213

Retrieve domain information using whois.

Just open your BASH Ubuntu prompt and use the command whois. Example:

johan@NLAALPC03:~$ whois vansoest.it

*********************************************************************
* Please note that the following result could be a subgroup of      *
* the data contained in the database.                               *
*                                                                   *
* Additional information can be visualized at:                      *
* http://www.nic.it/cgi-bin/Whois/whois.cgi                         *
*********************************************************************

Domain:             vansoest.it
Status:             ok
Created:            2002-09-12 00:00:00
Last Update:        2016-09-28 00:41:58
Expire Date:        2017-09-12

Registrant
  Organization:     Van Soest Johan

Admin Contact
  Name:             Van Soest Johan
  Organization:     Van Soest Johan

Technical Contacts
  Name:             Alicom Domain Registration Staff
  Organization:     Tuonome.it srl
  Address:          Via Pietro Nenni 294
                    San Giovanni Teatino
                    66020
                    CH
                    IT
  Created:          2012-06-28 11:02:06
  Last Update:      2016-01-12 17:02:52

Registrar
  Organization:     Aruba Business s.r.l.
  Name:             WIDE-REG
  Web:              http://www.arubabusiness.it

Nameservers
  ns.tuonome.it
  ns2.tuonome.it
  ns3.tuonome.it

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