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Article #251Re: Need address/path (to U. of Canterbury, New Zealand)
From: Melvin Klassen
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 23:25
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 23:25
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In article <1992Apr13.191836.3091@dsd.es.com> Maurice Smith
<smitty@dsd.es.com> writes:
>
>Does anyone out there know the address/path to the University of Canterbury,
>Christchurch, New Zealand? Specifically the Mechanical Engineering Department.
>
Since the machine 'DSD.ES.COM' is **directly** connected to the Internet,
the NSLOOKUP command can be used to do some "hunting-and-fishing":
> nslookup
> set type=mx
> set debug
! Take a guess that the domain is 'UC' within the 'AC.NZ' domain.
> uc.ac.nz.
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QUESTIONS:
uc.ac.nz, type = MX, class = IN
AUTHORITY RECORDS:
-> ac.nz origin = truth.waikato.ac.nz
mail addr = soa.truth.waikato.ac.nz
serial=1992040801, refresh=43200, retry=600, expire=2592000, min=86400
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Failed: NXDOMAIN, num. answers = 0, ns = 1, additional = 0
*** can't find uc.ac.nz.: Non-existent domain
! Hmm. "Waikato" is a city, so let's try a different guess:
> canterbury.ac.nz.
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Got answer:
HEADER:
opcode = QUERY, id = 4, rcode = NOERROR
header flags: response, want recursion, recursion avail.
questions = 1, answers = 4, auth. records = 4, additional = 5
QUESTIONS:
canterbury.ac.nz, type = MX, class = IN
ANSWERS:
-> canterbury.ac.nz preference = 10, mail exchanger = cantva.canterbury.ac.nz
-> canterbury.ac.nz preference = 20, mail exchanger = grace.waikato.ac.nz
-> canterbury.ac.nz preference = 30, mail exchanger = truth.waikato.ac.nz
-> canterbury.ac.nz preference = 40, mail exchanger = relay.cs.net
AUTHORITY RECORDS:
-> AC.NZ nameserver = truth.waikato.ac.nz
-> AC.NZ nameserver = luxor.cc.waikato.ac.nz
-> AC.NZ nameserver = grace.waikato.ac.nz
-> AC.NZ nameserver = rata.vuw.ac.nz
ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
-> cantva.canterbury.ac.nz inet address = 132.181.30.3
-> grace.waikato.ac.nz inet address = 130.217.64.32
-> truth.waikato.ac.nz inet address = 130.217.64.3
-> luxor.cc.waikato.ac.nz inet address = 130.217.64.13
-> rata.vuw.ac.nz inet address = 130.195.2.11
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Non-authoritative answer:
canterbury.ac.nz preference = 10, mail exchanger = cantva.canterbury.ac.nz
canterbury.ac.nz preference = 20, mail exchanger = grace.waikato.ac.nz
canterbury.ac.nz preference = 30, mail exchanger = truth.waikato.ac.nz
canterbury.ac.nz preference = 40, mail exchanger = relay.cs.net
Authoritative answers can be found from:
cantva.canterbury.ac.nz inet address = 132.181.30.3
grace.waikato.ac.nz inet address = 130.217.64.32
truth.waikato.ac.nz inet address = 130.217.64.3
luxor.cc.waikato.ac.nz inet address = 130.217.64.13
rata.vuw.ac.nz inet address = 130.195.2.11
! Select a name-server at Canterbury.
> server cantva.canterbury.ac.nz.
! Ask it about all the hosts within this domain.
> ls canterbury.ac.nz.
[cantva.canterbury.ac.nz]
Host or domain name Internet address
------------------- ----------------
mech.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.60.1
ken.mech.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.60.2
physsa.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.30.8
engf.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.210.1
cantsa.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.30.4
cantsb.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.30.5
cantsc.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.30.6
civl.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.70.8
chem.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.173.2
elec.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.50.13
charon.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.30.7
math.canterbury.ac.nz 132.181.23.20
> exit
script done on Mon Apr 13 16:11:52 1992
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