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sdig IP-ADDRESS-OR-DOH-URL PORT QNAME QTYPE [OPTION]

sdig sends a DNS query to IP-ADDRESS-OR-DOH-URL on port PORT and displays the answer in a formatted way. If the address starts with an h, it is assumed to be a DoH endpoint, and PORT is ignored. If qname and qtype are both - and tcp is used, multiple lines are read from stdin, where each line contains a qname and a type. If the address is stdin, a DNS packet is read from stdin instead of from the network, and PORT is ignored. All input is literal and case-sensitive. Queries need option recurse to expect a resource record reply if the query target is not known to be the authoritative server for that record.

These options can be added to the commandline in any order.

class CLASSNUM

Send the query in the numbered class (like 3 for CHAOS) instead of the default 1 (for IN).

dnssec

Set the DO bit to request DNSSEC information.

ednssubnet SUBNET

Send SUBNET in the edns-client-subnet option. If this option is not set, no edns-client-subnet option is set in the query.

hidesoadetails

Don't show the SOA serial in the response.

hidettl

Replace TTLs with [ttl] in the response.

proxy TCP? SRC DST

Wrap query in PROXYv2 protocol with these parameters. The first parameter accepts 0 for UDP and 1 for TCP. The second and third take IP addresses and port.

recurse

Set the RD bit in the question.

showflags

Show the NSEC3 flags in the response (they are hidden by default).

dumpluaraw

Display record contents in a form suitable for dnsdist's SpoofRawAction.

tcp

Use TCP instead of UDP to send the query.

dot

use DoT instead of UDP to send a query. Implies tcp.

insecure

when using DoT, do not validate the server certificate.

fastOpen

when using TCP or, DoT, enable TCP Fast Open

subjectName name

when using DoT, verify the server certificate is issued for name. The openssl provider will accept an empty name and still make sure the certificate is issued by a trusted CA, gnutls will only do the validation if a name is given. Default is the empty name. Also, note that older provide libraries might not validate at all.

caStore file

when using DoT, read the trusted CA certificates from file. Default is to use the system provided CA store.

tlsProvider name

when using DoT, use TLS provider name. Currently supported (if compiled in): openssl and gnutls. Default is openssl if available.

opcode OPNUM

Use opcode OPNUM instead of 0 (Query). For example, sdig 192.0.2.1 53 example.com SOA opcode 4 sends a NOTIFY.

cookie COOKIE

if COOKIE is - send a random client cookie. Otherwise, send the given cookie, which should be a hex string received from a server earlier.

traceid TraceID

include a TraceID and an empty SpanID value into the EDNS data. If TraceID is -, a random TraceID is generated; otherwise, it is a hex string.

Simple queries to local resolvers

sdig 127.0.0.1 53 example.com AAAA recurse

sdig ::1 53 example.com A recurse

Query to a DNS-over-HTTPS server requesting dnssec and recursion

sdig https://dns.example.net/dns-query 443 example.com A dnssec recurse

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