On 10/11/2016 6:41 AM, Walter H. wrote: > [root at host ~]# nslookup -query=anywww.bipa.at > Server: 192.168.23.2 > Address: 192.168.23.2#53 > > Non-authoritative answer: > www.bipa.at canonical name =www.bipa.at.cdn.cloudflare.net. > > Authoritative answers can be found from: > > [root at host ~]# > > why is no IP - neither IPv4 nor IPv6 shown? > doesn't matter if -query=any or -type=any probably because its a CNAME, and points to a different domain, and nslookup isn't following that. $ nslookup -query=any www.bipa.at Server: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53 Non-authoritative answer: www.bipa.at canonical name = www.bipa.at.cdn.cloudflare.net. Authoritative answers can be found from: bipa.at nameserver = dns2.telekom.at. bipa.at nameserver = dns3.telekom.at. bipa.at nameserver = dns1.telekom.at. dns1.telekom.at internet address = 80.120.17.26 dns2.telekom.at internet address = 213.33.99.79 dns3.telekom.at internet address = 80.240.225.50 that said, I've gotten to using 'host' rather than 'nslookup'. host is part of the bind-utils package for obtuse reasons. $ host www.bipa.at www.bipa.at is an alias for www.bipa.at.cdn.cloudflare.net. www.bipa.at.cdn.cloudflare.net has address 104.16.168.136 www.bipa.at.cdn.cloudflare.net has address 104.16.169.136 -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz