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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): LaMont Jones
  • Date: 2009-01-26 10:33:42 UTC
  • mfrom: (1.4.1 upstream)
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20090126103342-zfv3z8v6jgci62tg
http://bugs.debian.org/511936
http://bugs.debian.org/511768
* New upstream patch release
  - supportable version of fix from 9.5.0.dfsg.P2-5.1
  - CVE-2009-0025:  Closes: #511936
  - 2475: Overly agressive cache entry removal.  Closes: #511768
  - other bug fixes worthy of patch-release inclusion

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 - OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
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 - PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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<html>
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<head>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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</div>
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<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
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<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code>  [@server] [<code class="option">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port#</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-q <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>type</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>addr</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-y <em class="replaceable"><code>[<span class="optional">hmac:</span>]name:key</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-4</code>] [<code class="option">-6</code>] [name] [type] [class] [queryopt...]</p></div>
 
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<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code>  [@server] [<code class="option">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-m</code>] [<code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port#</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-q <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>type</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>addr</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-y <em class="replaceable"><code>[<span class="optional">hmac:</span>]name:key</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-4</code>] [<code class="option">-6</code>] [name] [type] [class] [queryopt...]</p></div>
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<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code>  [<code class="option">-h</code>]</p></div>
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<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code>  [global-queryopt...] [query...]</p></div>
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</div>
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<a name="id2543511"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
 
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<a name="id2543515"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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<p><span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span>
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      (domain information groper) is a flexible tool
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      for interrogating DNS name servers.  It performs DNS lookups and
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      <code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code>.
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      When no command line arguments or options are given, will perform an
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      NS query for "." (the root).
 
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      When no command line arguments or options are given,
 
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      <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> will perform an NS query for "." (the root).
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      It is possible to set per-user defaults for <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> via
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      The IN and CH class names overlap with the IN and CH top level
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      domains names.  Either use the <code class="option">-t</code> and
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      <code class="option">-c</code> options to specify the type and class or
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      use the <code class="option">-q</code> the specify the domain name or
 
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      <code class="option">-c</code> options to specify the type and class, 
 
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      use "IN." and "CH." when looking up these top level domains.
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<a name="id2543580"></a><h2>SIMPLE USAGE</h2>
 
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<a name="id2543589"></a><h2>SIMPLE USAGE</h2>
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      A typical invocation of <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> looks like:
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<a name="id2543680"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
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      The <code class="option">-b</code> option sets the source IP address of the query
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      to <em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em>.  This must be a valid
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      <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> using the command-line interface.
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      provides a number of query options which affect
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<a name="id2545145"></a><h2>MULTIPLE QUERIES</h2>
 
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<a name="id2545163"></a><h2>MULTIPLE QUERIES</h2>
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      The BIND 9 implementation of <span><strong class="command">dig </strong></span>
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      If <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> has been built with IDN (internationalized
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      domain name) support, it can accept and display non-ASCII domain names.
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<a name="id2545248"></a><h2>FILES</h2>
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<p><code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code>
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<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">host</span>(1)</span>,
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      There are probably too many query options.
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