.\" (C) Copyright 2016 Ana Custura <ana@netstat.org.uk>
.TH DNSTRACEROUTE "1" "December 2016" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
dnstraceroute \- DNS traceroute utility
.SH DESCRIPTION
dnstraceroute is a traceroute utility to figure out the path that a DNS request is passing through to get to its destination. 
Comparing it to a network traceroute can help identify if DNS traffic is routed via any unwanted path.
.PP
.SH USAGE
usage: dnstraceroute [\-h] [\-q] [\-a] [\-s server] [\-p port] [\-c count] [\-t type] [\-w wait] hostname
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR  \fB\-\-help\fR
Show this help
.TP
\fB\-q\fR  \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Quiet
.TP
\fB\-e\fR  \fB\-\-expert\fR
Print expert hints if available
.TP
\fB\-a\fR  \fB\-\-asn\fR
Turn on AS# lookups for each hop encountered
.TP
\fB\-s\fR  \fB\-\-server\fR
DNS server to use (default: first system resolver)
.TP
\fB\-p\fR  \fB\-\-port\fR
DNS server port number (default: 53)
.TP
\fB\-c\fR  \fB\-\-count\fR
Maximum number of hops (default: 30)
.TP
\fB\-w\fR  \fB\-\-wait\fR
Maximum wait time for a reply (default: 5)
.TP
\fB\-t\fR  \fB\-\-type\fR
DNS request record type (default: A)
.TP
\fB\-C\fR  \fB\-\-color\fR
Print colorful output
.SH SEE ALSO
Full Documentation available at https://dnsdiag.org/