kdig

Advanced DNS lookup utility. More information: https://www.knot-dns.cz/docs/latest/html/man_kdig.html.

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

kdig example.com

• Specify a specific DNS server to query (e.g. Google DNS):

kdig example.com @8.8.8.8

• Query a specific DNS record type associated with a given domain name:

kdig example.com A|AAAA|NS|SOA|DNSKEY|ANY

• Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records) using DNS over TLS (DoT):

kdig -d @8.8.8.8 +tls-ca +tls-host=dns.google example.com

• Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records) using DNS over HTTPS (DoH):

kdig -d @1.1.1.1 +https +tls-hostname=1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com example.com