This allows you to specify a particular type of resource record information to be looked up. Supported types are listed below.
This is the name (or the address) of the domain name server to ask.
The resource type possible are:
A ___ the host's Internet address.
PTR _ the host name.
NS __ the name server for the named zone.
MX __ the mail exchanger.
CNAME the canonical name for an alias.
SOA _ the domain's ``start-of-authority'' information.
ANY _ all informations available.
This program is originally from Rutgers University. It has been rewritten by Eric Wassenaar, NIKHEF, <e07@nikhef.nl>.
Andrew Cherenson