[wj@lap0 ~]$ dig +trace wahjava.wordpress.com ; <> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <> +trace wahjava.wordpress.com ;; global options: printcmd . 505277 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 505277 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 372 bytes from 172.18.33.1#53(172.18.33.1) in 1 ms com. 172800 IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 511 bytes from 192.33.4.12#53(C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) in 333 ms wordpress.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.wordpress.com. wordpress.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.wordpress.com. wordpress.com. 172800 IN NS ns3.wordpress.com. ;; Received 141 bytes from 192.5.6.30#53(A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET) in 931 ms wahjava.wordpress.com. 300 IN CNAME wordpress.com.edgekey.net. wordpress.com. 14400 IN NS ns1.wordpress.com. wordpress.com. 14400 IN NS ns2.wordpress.com. wordpress.com. 14400 IN NS ns3.wordpress.com. ;; Received 180 bytes from 72.232.101.25#53(ns1.wordpress.com) in 1021 ms
That’s all you need to do to trace DNS lookup path for wahjava.wordpress.com .
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