Re: nslookup

Rob --

The question of whether nslookup is deprecated is an interesting one.

It's actually not deprecated. That original move was reversed in the community. From https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/deprecated-linux-command-replacements
[https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/google_discover/public/2021-06/drill-tip-tool-sharp.jpg?itok=dFgwoRkQ]<https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/deprecated-linux-command-replacements>
6 deprecated Linux commands and the tools you should be using instead<https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/deprecated-linux-command-replacements>
Swap your old Linux commands for new and improved alternatives that provide the same functionality, if not more.
www.redhat.com

Why was nslookup replaced?
Actually, nslookup was not replaced by dig (or host). Per Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nslookup>:
nslookup was a member of the BIND name server software. Early... in the development of BIND 9, the Internet Systems Consortium planned to deprecate nslookup in favor of host and dig. This decision was reversed in 2004 with the release of BIND 9.3<https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/bind-announce/2004-September/000155.html>, and nslookup has been fully supported since then.
So it is perfectly fine to use both.


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Subject: Re: nslookup


Since the documentation on nslookup is saying it is deprecated and you
should use DIG it's unlikely we'll get a native nslookup command which does
not require option 31.