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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 23/01/13 23:18, Simon Waters wrote: > On 23/01/13 22:33, paul sutton wrote: >> >> Just wondered if windows still had tools such as whois, >> netstat, ping, nslookup included, I am asking as one of the >> rugby club members asked me who owns the paigntonrugby.co.uk >> domain, being a linux user I used whois, and got the answer >> easily, (well sort of, got a company name,but no other details >> such as address) just wondered if these tools are in windows, i >> had heard some were being removed. > > Pretty sure netstat, ping and nslookup are around by default on > Windows, many more are available if and when you install them. There's also traceroute, called tracert. The most obvious issue is that the options arn't the same as you'd expect with Windows. > > nslookup is a terrible tool for DNS troubleshooting, learn to use > "dig", dig isn't in windows by default (it is in "dnsutils" > package in Debian). I quite like "host". > ping whilst great for local networks was getting less reliable for > testing across the net and remote servers, although I think ISPs > and web hosts have lost the "must stop ICMP echo" meme now that > DDoS attacks are using more protocols, but these ideas circulate > for years after their utility is diminished (sometime to negative > utility - People still ask The latest versions of Windows ship with ICMP echo disabled. Requiring the likes of "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ICMP Allow incoming V4 echo request" protocol=icmpv4:8,any dir=in action=allow" to enable it. > me about backup MX servers and seem surprised at the answer). > There are alternative hping3, and httping for example. There's also tcptraceroute. It isn't just ICMP echo which can get disabled/blocked either... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlEBiE0ACgkQsoRLMhsZpFdaeACfV2vHu3PsgElmUqTzPG/vUXO+ FC0AnRz0MmxGWWGkpcXMJ7FCQaIBBQjl =v0P9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq