Resolve SRV records for service discovery dig
Get priority/weight/port/target for a service; used by AD, SIP, XMPP
dig +short SRV _sip._tcp.example.com
more dig
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Force TCP and show remaining TTL
dig +tcp +ttlunits +noall +answer example.com @8.8.8.8
Clean answer-only output
dig +noall +answer example.com
Find authoritative nameservers via NS chase
dig +nssearch example.com
Attempt a zone transfer (AXFR)
dig axfr @ns1.example.com example.com
Validate DNSSEC chain with RRSIG
dig +dnssec +multi example.com @1.1.1.1