DNS records
Dev tools
dns lookup tool
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
8 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 13 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Execution: 0 for, 9 againstDesign: 5 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, retro-looking UI that is nice to use
From 4 comments
Very nice! I was just doing this for some domains yesterday on ad-laden, ugly as sin sites. It would be nice if the page URL would update with each request and provide a…
cdubzzz on HNI love retro tools like this, so I dig the look. But I agree with sigi45 that you could parse the information and display it in a more meaningful way, because as of now I can…
ezekg on HNSame here, I dig the look and the feel. It seems very intuitive
echan00 on HNLove simple tools like this. Pinned.
igammarays on HN
Useful cool factor and good domain name
From 2 comments
You're getting really mixed results here on HN, but personally, I love it for the "cool" factor. Would I use this? No, not really, I have an entire suite of command-line tools…
joshmn on HNI really DIG this site
cranjice on HN
Objections
Wraps a single dig shell command in a large PHP app
From 2 comments
So someone else commented on this and was down voted, but let's try again. This site literally wraps a shell command [1]: ``` dig +nocmd example.com any +multiline +noall +answer…
stephenr on HNA bit of an overkill indeed...
tgdn on HN
Queries ANY, which Cloudflare and others block or deprecate
From 4 comments
Looks very nice, but instead of sending ANY queries it should just send multiple queries for different RRs, because ANY is deprecated by Cloudflare (and probably more services)
eloy on HNBoth domains are probably on Cloudflare. They block ANY requests with that message.
jtokoph on HNI love retro tools like this, so I dig the look. But I agree with sigi45 that you could parse the information and display it in a more meaningful way, because as of now I can…
ezekg on HNANY requests are considered harmful due the large response sizes (DNS amplification!). Some DNS servers will truncate the response or refuse (like CloudFlare).
lima on HN
Autocomplete suggests other TLDs instead of the typed domain
From 1 comment
This website's UI is terrible. It automatically suggests domain names instead of let users to input themselves. So if ones' domain name extensions are short or not in their…
a012 on HN
Vulnerable to XSS through unescaped output
From 1 comment
Vulnerable to XSS. <b onmouseover=alert('XSS')>click me!</b>
drablyechoes on HN
Requests
Support ANY-free queries by requesting each record type separately
From 1 comment
Looks very nice, but instead of sending ANY queries it should just send multiple queries for different RRs, because ANY is deprecated by Cloudflare (and probably more services)
eloy on HN
Shareable URL that updates per query
From 1 comment
Very nice! I was just doing this for some domains yesterday on ad-laden, ugly as sin sites. It would be nice if the page URL would update with each request and provide a…
cdubzzz on HN
Add dig +trace support
From 1 comment
nice but dig +trace would be really really nice to add since dig alone doesnt help much with troubleshooting.
devnull42 on HN
Human-readable formatting of records
From 2 comments
Was expecting something worthwhile. Was disappointing. You could have made an nice ui with presents the information in a simple to understand way. Instead if showing stuff like…
sigi45 on HNHow is this "beautiful"? It's just the direct text of a database look up in a moderately nice font. I'd rather have a nice table layout without all of the programmer-y info in…
aons2309neo on HN
Questions
Why not just use dig or nslookup directly?
From 1 comment
Out of curiosity, why are you not just calling, say, `dig`?
deathanatos on HN
Does the site track visitors (Google Tag Manager)?
From 1 comment
So just `host -a whatever.com` with the addition that you're tracking me with Google Tag Manager and God knows what else in the backend?
fny on HN
Alternatives named
dig and nslookup on the command line
From 2 comments
Out of curiosity, why are you not just calling, say, `dig`?
deathanatos on HN"nslookup" is the tool you'd use, under windows.
stevekemp on HN
Google Toolbox dig app
From 1 comment
I normally use https://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/dig/#ANY/ But I liked your UI better.
msantos on HN
dnstrails.com for historical DNS data
From 1 comment
I was expecting to see something like http://dnstrails.com <-- this one shows you historical data, which can be useful for checking the history of a domain before you buy it.
old-gregg on HN
dns-api.org
From 1 comment
See also my API-like site: https://dns-api.org/ Which seems like it could replicate yours with requests like: https://dns-api.org/any/steve.fi
stevekemp on HN