NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] DNS Diversion Test Available
Greetings. After receiving a number of messages from persons asking for a simple procedure to determine if their DNS queries were being diverted, rather than actually reaching their specified DNS servers, I've thrown together an extremely simple test that might be useful for the moment. Using your DNS query tool of choice (dig, nslookup, or ...), simply query the zone: control.hq at the DNS server: dns-test.nnsquad.org Feel free to look at the full zone (AXFR) data if you wish, e.g., the shell command: dig @dns-test.nnsquad.org control.hq axfr Since "control.hq" is obviously not a legitimate domain, you should only receive the dummy data back for it if you are in direct contact with the dns-test.nnsquad.org DNS server (assuming no devious manual attempts to duplicate the data in outside DNS servers, and I'll deal with that possibility later). Again, this is just a quick hack, but please let me know if it yields any interesting results. Thanks. --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator