1. Run nslookup to obtain the IP address of a Web server in Asia.

nslookup www.registry.asia
50.87.75.179
2. Run nslookup to determine the authoritative DNS servers for a university in
Europe.
nslookup type=NS www.euruni.edu
primary name server: ns3.infomaniak.ch
3. Run nslookup so that one of the DNS servers obtained in Question 2 is queried for
the mail servers for Yahoo! mail.
nslookup mail.yahoo.com dauth2.joink.com
server: dauth2.joink.com
address: 63.134.128.151

4. Locate the DNS query and response messages. Are then sent over UDP or TCP?
Truy vn DNS v response u gi qua UDP
The DNS query and response messages are sent over UDP.
5. What is the destination port for the DNS query message? What is the source port of DNS response
message?
Source port: 63633 and the destination port was 53
6. To what IP address is the DNS query message sent? Use ipconfig to determine the IP address of your
local DNS server. Are these two IP addresses the same?
NS query message c gi ti 192.168.1.107 v IP address ca local DNS server cng l 192.168.1.107.
Hai IP ny ging nhau
7. Examine the DNS query message. What Type of DNS query is it? Does the query message contain
any answers?
DNS query dng type A. N khng cha answers no
8. Examine the DNS response message. How many answers are provided? What do each of these
answers contain?
Answers
mailarchive.ietf.org: type CNAME, class IN, cname ietf.org
Name: mailarchive.ietf.org
Type: CNAME (Canonical NAME for an alias) (5)

Class: IN (0x0001)
Time to live: 1800
Data length: 2
CNAME: ietf.org
ietf.org: type A, class IN, addr 4.31.198.44
Name: ietf.org
Type: A (Host Address) (1)
Class: IN (0x0001)
Time to live: 1800
Data length: 4
Address: 4.31.198.44

9. Consider the subsequent TCP SYN packet sent by your host. Does the destination IP address of the
SYN packet correspond to any of the IP addresses provided in the DNS response message?
ng, destination address ca SYN packet ph thuc vo IP address cung cp trong DNS response
message
10. This web page contains images. Before retrieving each image, does your host issue new DNS queries?
Khng, my tnh khng cn gi DNS query khc
11. What is the destination port for the DNS query message? What is the source port of DNS response
message?
Destination port cho DNS query message l 53. Source port cho DNS response cng l 53.
12. To what IP address is the DNS query message sent? Is this the IP address of your default local DNS
server?
IP address m DNS query c gi ti 192.168.1.107. ging vi local DNS server
13. Examine the DNS query message. What Type of DNS query is it? Does the query message contain
any answers?
DNS query dng type A (standard quarry). Query khng cha answers no
14. Examine the DNS response message. How many answers are provided? What do each of these
answers contain?
Answers
http://www.mit.edu/: type A, class IN, addr 18.9.22.169

Name: http://www.mit.edu/
Type: A (Host address)
Class: IN (0x0001)
Time to live: 1 minute
Data length: 4
Addr: 18.9.22.169 (18.9.22.169)
16. To what IP address is the DNS query message sent? Is this the IP address of your default local DNS
server?
The IP address that the DNS query is sent to is 192.168.1.107. Ging vi local DNS server
17. Examine the DNS query message. What Type of DNS query is it? Does the
query message contain any answers?
DNS query dng type NS query. Khng cha answers no
18. Examine the DNS response message. What MIT nameservers does the response
message provide? Does this response message also provide the IP addresses of the
MIT namesers?
Response message cung cp:
mit.edu nameserver w20ns.mit.edu
mit.edu nameserver bitsy.mit.edu
mit.edu nameserver strawb.mit.edu
20. To what IP address is the DNS query message sent? Is this the IP address of your
default local DNS server? If not, what does the IP address correspond to?
DNS query message c gi ti 18.72.0.3. Khng phi default DNS server ca my. IP corresponds ti
bitsy.mit.edu.
21. Examine the DNS query message. What Type of DNS query is it? Does the
query message contain any answers?
DNS query message dng type A. Khng cha answers no

22. Examine the DNS response message. How many answers are provided? What
does each of these answers contain?

Answers
bitsy.mit.edu: type A, class IN, addr 18.72.0.3
Name: bitsy.mit.edu
Type: A (Host Address) (1)
Class: IN (0x0001)
Time to live: 1800
Data length: 4
Address: 18.72.0.3