North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Detecting a non-existent domain
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Kee Hinckley wrote: > > Getting practical for a minute. What is the optimal way now to see > > if a given host truly exists? Assume that I can't control the DNS > Look for a SOA record for the domain - this should be the proper way to > check for the existance of a domain, instead of looking for A, NS or MX > records.. He asked for the "optimal way" "to see if a given host truly exists" and you told him how to confirm or deny the "existance of a domain". He asked about hosts, you answered about domains. DS
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