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DOC(8)									DOC(8)

NAME
       doc - diagnose unhealthy DNS domains

SYNOPSIS
       doc [-p] [-e][-w][-v][-d] domain_name [parent_domain_name]

DESCRIPTION
       Doc  is an automated tool for verifying (to an extent) that a domain is
       configured and functioning correctly.  The only required	 parameter  is
       the valid domain name of an existing domain. Example:

		 doc isi.edu.

       If the parent (delegating) domain can be determined simply by stripping
       off the first domain part and subsequent dot from the specified	domain
       name,  then  there is no need to include the parent_domain_name parame‐
       ter.  Examples:

	    doc isi.edu. edu.		  (this is correct)
	    doc isi.edu.		  (this works too)
	    doc 9.128.in-addr.arpa. arpa. (this is correct)
	    doc 9.128.in-addr.arpa.	  (this will NOT work)

       In the last (incorrect) example, because	 there	is  no	parent	domain
       specified,  doc fills in the optional parent_domain parameter, and runs
       as if you specified:

	    doc 9.128.in-addr.arpa. 128.in-addr.arpa.

       Since, the delegation information for  9.128.in-addr.arpa.  is  not  at
       128.in-addr.arpa.  (rather  at  arpa.),	this  run  will abort, and not
       report as expected.

OPTIONS
       -p     Skip  testing  the  information  held  at	 delegating   domain's
	      servers.

	      The  default  operation  of doc includes testing that all of the
	      servers for the delegating (parent) domain agree about the dele‐
	      gation  information  held	 for  the  domain  in question.	 Since
	      inconsistencies discovered at this level may or may not indicate
	      serious problems, one can choose to skip the parent testing.  If
	      so, doc uses the first non-authoritative list of NS records from
	      a	 parent	 domain server as those to direct further queries.  If
	      all of the parent domain servers are additionally	 authoritative
	      for  the	domain,	 the answer from the last one queried is used.
	      This may be a useful timesaver if you are regularly checking  up
	      on  a large number of domains.  [See also section FILES USED for
	      a similar functionality.]

       -[e][w][v][d]  Specify the level of verbosity to standard output.

	      The default mode of operation is to only print to standard  out‐
	      put  a  summary of what is discovered.  In addition, errors made
	      in the process of testing (i.e. query errors, errors causing doc
	      to abort, etc) are noted.

		  -e	Output comments about errors discovered.
		  -w	Output comments about warnings issued.
		  -v	Verbose output. Include misc. comments and output
			confirming correct behavior.
		  -d	Debug output. Checkpoint current (last) nameserver query.

	      These output options are cumulative (i.e. -v implies -v -w -e).

	      NOTE: Parsing is very simple.  All option flags must come before
	      the domain names.

FILES CREATED
       In addition to the standard output,  doc	 produces  a  log  file	 named
       log.<domain_name>, which it places in the current directory.  This file
       includes all "verbose"  level  comments,	 followed  by  the  nameserver
       responses to the queries (in a slightly masticated form).

       While  running,	doc  creates  several  temporary  files in the current
       directory.  These files have names of the form:

	    <domain_name>.*

FILES USED
       Doc expects the auxiliary files: doc1.awk, doc3.awk,  and  doc4.awk  to
       reside in the current working directory.

       Doc looks for the file DNsrv.<parent_domain_name> in the working direc‐
       tory.  If it exists, doc does not make a standard query to discover the
       list  of nameservers for the parent domain.  Rather it queries the list
       of servers contained in this file to obtain delegation information  for
       the  domain  being tested.  This may be useful if one regularly tests a
       series of domains, all with the same delegating zone, where one of  the
       servers	in known to be foul.  This server would simply be omitted from
       the the DNsrv.* file.

       awk, sed & dig (version 2.0 or higher) are expected to be found in your
       normal  path.  If not, you may want to alias to the full path inside of
       doc itself.

DETAILS
       See file INFO (included with distribution tar) for  details  of	proce‐
       dure.

BUGS
       The  exit code returned via the shell is only 8 bits.  This could cause
       a problem in the value returned by the auxiliary file  doc3.awk.	  This
       hasn't  been  seen yet (a "poison configuration" is not likely to occur
       yet), and hopefully will be corrected  if/when  doc  is	re-implemented
       (see below).

       The  current implementation is fairly simple (albeit not pretty), so it
       is not expected to abort unexpectedly.  However, this version (2.0)  is
       an  initial  attempt  at	 automating this task.	Further development is
       expected in identifying the appropriate queries, analysis,  and	subse‐
       quent conclusions that are made.	 Hopefully once the design of the test
       suite has become more stable, a less "patchwork" production version  of
       doc will be done.

       Comments are very much welcome.

AUTHOR
       Steve Hotz (hotz@isi.edu) Paul Mockapetris (pvm@isi.edu)

SEE ALSO
       dig(1),	bind operators guide,  RFCs: 1034,1035,xxxx

				August 22, 1990				DOC(8)
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