How can I query .local bonjour DNS entries?

Question

It\'s pretty straightforward to query out the guts of a DNS-SD entry via dig by asking your nameserver directly; but for multicast DNS, I\'m not sure where to look.

Answer 1

Aha, the secret is the multicast address/port.

For example, to query available AFP servers:

dig @224.0.0.251 -p 5353 -t ptr _afpovertcp._tcp.local