Re: DNS Version check.

[Edwin Groothuis <edwin () mavetju org>]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 05:59:37PM -0400, Vjay LaRosa wrote:
> Does any one know if it is possible to request the version of bind a 
> server is running? I would like to write a quick perl script to scan my 
> network to check all of the versions. Thanks!

dig @dnsserver version.bind chaos txt

But keep in mind that this string can be set to anything random
within the named.conf options-block. (man named.conf and search for
version.bind).

Edwin

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