NAME

       dnstraceroute - DNS traceroute utility

DESCRIPTION

       dnstraceroute is a traceroute utility to figure out the path that a DNS request is passing through to get
       to  its destination.  Comparing it to a network traceroute can help identify if DNS traffic is routed via
       any unwanted path.

USAGE

       usage: dnstraceroute [-h] [-q] [-a] [-s server] [-p port] [-c count] [-t type] [-w wait] hostname

OPTIONS

       -h  --help
              Show this help

       -q  --quiet
              Quiet

       -e  --expert
              Print expert hints if available

       -a  --asn
              Turn on AS# lookups for each hop encountered

       -s  --server
              DNS server to use (default: first system resolver)

       -p  --port
              DNS server port number (default: 53)

       -c  --count
              Maximum number of hops (default: 30)

       -w  --wait
              Maximum wait time for a reply (default: 5)

       -t  --type
              DNS request record type (default: A)

       -C  --color
              Print colorful output

SEE ALSO

       Full Documentation available at https://dnsdiag.org/

User Commands                                     December 2016                                 DNSTRACEROUTE(1)