Listing 1. DNS Info in Verbose Format with -a Option

host -a www.linuxjournal.com
Trying null domain
rcode = 0 (Success), ancount=4
The following answer is not authoritative:
The following answer is not verified as authe
by the server:
www.linuxjournal.com  19788 IN  MX  80 www.ssc.com
www.linuxjournal.com  19788 IN  MX  10 mail.ssc.com
www.linuxjournal.com  85833 IN  A   207.178.22.49
www.linuxjournal.com  19788 IN  MX  40 cascadia.a42.com
For authoritative answers, see:
linuxjournal.com    85833  IN  NS  NS2.ssc.com
linuxjournal.com    85833  IN  NS  cascadia.a42.com
linuxjournal.com    85833  IN  NS  NS2.RACKSPACE.com
Additional information:
www.ssc.com         226    IN  A   207.178.22.48
mail.ssc.com        86261  IN  A   216.39.159.17
cascadia.a42.com    72030  IN  A   216.39.159.18
NS2.ssc.com         88090  IN  A   209.61.155.155
NS2.RACKSPACE.com   172308 IN  A   207.71.44.121