NAME

       dt-validate - Query the Domain Name System and display results of the DNSSEC validation
       process

SYNOPSIS

         dt-validate [options] DOMAIN_NAME

DESCRIPTION

       dt-validate is a diagnostic tool built on top of the DNSSEC validator.  It takes
       DOMAIN_NAME as an argument and queries the DNS for that domain name.  It outputs the
       series of responses that were received from the DNS and the DNSSEC validation results for
       each domain name.  An examination of the queries and validation results can help an
       administrator uncover errors in DNSSEC configuration of DNS zones.

OPTIONS

       -c CLASS, --class=CLASS
           This option can be used to specify the DNS class of the Resource Record queried.  If
           this option is not given, the default class IN is used.

       -h, --help
           Display the help and exit.

       -p, --print
           Print the answers and validation results.  By default, dt-validate just outputs a
           series of responses and their validation results on stderr.  When the -p option is
           used, dt-validate will also output the final result on stdout.

       -t TYPE, --type=TYPE
           This option can be used to specify the DNS type of the Resource Record queried.  If
           this option is not given, dt-validate will query for the A record for the given
           DOMAIN_NAME.

       -v FILE, --dnsval-conf=FILE
           This option can be used to specify the location of the dnsval.conf configuration file.

       -r FILE, --resolv-conf=FILE
           This option can be used to specify the location of the resolv.conf configuration file
           containing the name servers to use for lookups.

       -i FILE, --root-hints=FILE
           This option can be used to specify the location of the root.hints configuration file,
           containing the root name servers.  This is only used when no name server is found, and
           dt-validate must do recursive lookups itself.

       -S suite[:suite], --test-suite=suite[:suite]
           This option specifies the test suite (or range of test suites) to use for the internal
           tests.

       -s, --selftest
           This option can be used to specify that the application should perform its self tests
           using names from the configured test-suite.

       -T number[:number], --testcase=number[:number]
           This option can be used to run a specific test (or range of tests) from the test
           suite.

       -F file, --testcase-conf=file
           This option is used to specify the file containing the test cases.

       -l label, --label=label
           This option can be used to specify the policy from within the dnsval.conf file to use
           during validation.

       -w seconds, --wait=seconds
           This option can be used to run the queries specified by other flags in a loop, with
           the specified interval between successive queries.

       -o, --output=<debug-level>:<dest-type>[:<dest-options>]
           <debug-level> is 1-7, corresponding to syslog levels ALERT-DEBUG <dest-type> is one of
           file, net, syslog, stderr, stdout <dest-options> depends on <dest-type>
               file:<file-name>   (opened in append mode)
               net[:<host-name>:<host-port>] (127.0.0.1:1053
               syslog[:facility] (0-23 (default 1 USER))

PRE-REQUISITES

       libval

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2005-2013 SPARTA, Inc.  All rights reserved.  See the COPYING file included with
       the DNSSEC-Tools package for details.

AUTHORS

       Abhijit Hayatnagarkar, Suresh Krishnaswamy, Robert Story

SEE ALSO

       syslog(3)

       libval(3)

       http://www.dnssec-tools.org