host names

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Host application is a command prompt Windows utility ported from FreeBSD Host utility.

Host looks for information about Internet hosts. It gets this information from a set of interconnected servers that are spread across the world.

By default, it simply converts between host names and Internet addresses.
However, with the [-d] or [-a] options, it can be used to find all of the information about this host that is maintained by the domain server (A, MX, NS records, TTL).

The arguments can be either host names or host numbers. The program first attempts to interpret them as host numbers. If this fails, it will treat them as host names.

A host number consists of IPv4 dotted decimal quad (127.0.0.1). A host name consists of names separated by dots, e.g. www.itsamples.com.

Host is a complete and powerful command-line based DNS query and testing tool. The project has many of the same basic features as other similar tools such as nslookup and dig, but it has more extensive testing and test automation features. Host also has a much more standard (i.e. Unix-based) command-line user interface.

Here are some key features of "Host":

· Major overhaul of the entire code.
· Very rigid error checking, with more verbose error messages.
· Zone listing section completely rewritten.
· It is now possible to do recursive listings into delegated zones.
· Maintain resource record statistics during zone listings.
· Maintain count of hosts during zone listings.
· Check for various extraneous conditions during zone listings.
· Check for illegal domain names containing invalid characters.
· Verify that certain domain names represent canonical host names.
· Perform TTL consistency checking during zone listings.
· Exploit multiple server addresses if available.
· Option to exploit only primary server for zone transfers.
· Option to exclude info from names that do not reside in a zone.
· Implement timeout handling during connect and read.
· Write resource record output to optional log file.
· Special MB tracing by recursively expanding MR and MG records.
· Special mode to check SOA records at each nameserver for a zone.
· Special mode to check reverse mappings of host addresses.
· Extended syntax allows multiple arguments on command line or stdin.
· Configurable default options in HOST_DEFAULTS environment variable.
· Implement new resource record types from RFC 1183 and 1348.
· Basic experimental NSAP support as defined in RFC 1637.
· Implement new resource record types from RFC 1664 and 1712.
· Implement new resource record types from RFC 1876 and 1886.
· Code is extensively documented.

Whats New in This Release:

· This release introduces some minor bugfixes and cleanup to the address/hostname verification (host -A) code.

Host Info description
Obtain your computers internet host name and IP address Host Info is a simple command line tool that was designed to gather host information for the local machine: its standard host name (for local access), its network / internet host name, and its IP address.

Type HOSTINFO with no parameters. The information returned is the following:

Standard host name (for local access)
· This is either the single-word name given to your machine (may be simply default) or a fully-qualified host name (such as machine.company.com), depending on how your Windows networking has been set up. This will remain the same whether you are currently connected to the internet or not.
Network host name (for network or internet access)
· This is the fully-qualified host name by which other machines connected to your network or the internet will recognize you. It is obtained by doing a reverse-lookup on your IP number (we are trusting your machines DNS). When you are not connected to the internet, this will be just localhost.
Internet protocol address (IP number)
· This is the unique internet protocol address that identifies your computer on the internet. If you have a dynamic IP address this number will change each time you connect to the internet. When you are not connected to the internet, this number will be 127.0.0.1.

With this ActiveX control you can get the IP address from a host name, and a host name from the IP address, in syncronous or asyncronous mode.
In syncronous mode your program will wait until the get host process is finished. In asyncronous mode your program will return immediately after a get host method call, and the result will be sent to you, through events.

The full version of GetHost can be downloaded immediately after making your purchase. Registering will remove the nag screen and entitles you to receive newer versions at no extra charge. Help files and sample project are included.

Local IP & Host is a simple tiny tool to retrieve the local IP address and Host name.

The RTG Names application was designed to store names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. A few keystrokes or mouse clicks will find any name and phone number among thousands of entries.

Click a button to copy the selected name and address to the Windows clipboard. Or click a different button to copy the e-mail address to the clipboard.

RTG Names can read the client list from RTG Bills, RTGs time and billing program for law firms, so the firm can maintain one list for both billing and word processing.

Requirements:

· You must have RTG Bills or RTG Timer installed on your PC, because these programs install the relational database engine that RTG Names uses.
· In order to synchronize with RTG Bills, you must have RTG Bills V2.17 or later.