drill Command Examples

Perform various DNS queries. More information: https://manned.org/drill.

• Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records):

drill {{example.com}}

• Lookup the mail server(s) associated with a given domain name (MX record):

drill mx {{example.com}}

• Get all types of records for a given domain name:

drill any {{example.com}}

• Specify an alternate DNS server to query:

drill {{example.com}} @{{8.8.8.8}}

• Perform a reverse DNS lookup on an IP address (PTR record):

drill -x {{8.8.8.8}}

• Perform DNSSEC trace from root servers down to a domain name:

drill -TD {{example.com}}

• Show DNSKEY record(s) for a domain name:

drill -s dnskey {{example.com}}