As part of my new job, I'm learning a lot more about the mysteries of the Domain Name System than any mortal should know I thought possible. The humble unix dig command allows you to query all sort of DNS information. For example, to see name server records for the BBC website, you can run: dig bbc.co.uk NS Which will get you: ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 3561
![DNS Esoterica - Why you can't dig Switzerland](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/01265d40dccfaaa1487237e77a033bcfa2aeab5b/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fshkspr.mobi%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F05%2Fdomains.jpg)