How do I find the authoritative name-server for a domain name?

Question

How can I find the origins of conflicting DNS records?

Answer 1

You can use the whois service. On a UNIX like operating system you would execute the following command. Alternatively you can do it on the web at http://www.internic.net/whois.html.

whois stackoverflow.com

You would get the following response.

...text removed here...

Domain servers in listed order: NS51.DOMAINCONTROL.COM NS52.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

You can use nslookup or dig to find out more information about records for a given domain. This might help you resolve the conflicts you have described.