dig vs nslookup

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                          Why do the commands dig  and nslookup  sometimes print different results?

    ~$ dig facebook.com

    ; > DiG 9.9.2-P1 > facebook.com
    ;; global options: +cmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6625
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

    ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
    ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;facebook.com.            IN    A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    facebook.com.        205    IN    A    173.252.110.27

    ;; Query time: 291 msec
    ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
    ;; WHEN: Sun Oct  6 17:55:52 2013
    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 57

    ~$ nslookup facebook.com
    Server:        8.8.8.8
    Address:    8.8.8.8#53

    Non-authoritative answer:
    Name:    facebook.com
    Address: 10.10.34.34



                        

Asked by pylover (3568 rep)

Oct 6, 2013, 02:28 PM
Last activity: Feb 3, 2023, 09:58 PM

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