DNS Lookup¶
Diagnostics > DNS Lookup performs simple forward and reverse DNS queries to obtain information about an IP address or hostname, and also to test the DNS servers used by the firewall.
To perform a DNS Lookup:
Navigate to Diagnostics > DNS Lookup
Enter a Hostname or IP address to query
Click
Lookup
The page displays the results of the DNS query along with supporting information and options.
Results¶
The Results panel contains addresses returned by the DNS query along with the record type.
Underneath the results is a table containing the resolution Timings per server. This shows how fast each of the configured DNS servers responded to the specified query, or if they never responded.
The More Information panel contains links to ping and traceroute functions on the firewall for this host.
Aliases¶
When performing a DNS lookup, the GUI can also create a firewall alias from the results of the query. The name of the alias is the
text entered for the DNS query but with .
characters replaced by _
. For
example, a DNS lookup for example.com
results in an alias named
example_com
.
Click Add alias to create an alias containing the results of the
query.
If an alias already exists with that name, the button is labeled Update Alias instead. That version of the button will replace the contents of the existing alias with the current results of the DNS lookup.