I was just giving kdig and khost a spin, when I noticed some very long output for a simple query with khost. Looks like the aliases is expanded multiple times: erwin@panda:/home/erwin % khost www.droso.dk www.droso.dk. is an alias for koala.droso.dk. koala.droso.dk. has IPv4 address 213.239.220.246 www.droso.dk. is an alias for koala.droso.dk. koala.droso.dk. has IPv6 address 2a01:4f8:a0:7163::2 www.droso.dk. is an alias for koala.droso.dk. erwin@panda:/home/erwin % host www.droso.dk www.droso.dk is an alias for koala.droso.dk. koala.droso.dk has address 213.239.220.246 koala.droso.dk has IPv6 address 2a01:4f8:a0:7163::2 I would say once is enough :-) Cheers, Erwin -- Med venlig hilsen/Best Regards Erwin Lansing Network and System Administrator DK Hostmaster A/S Kalvebod Brygge 45, 3. sal 1560 København V Tlf. 33 64 60 60 Fax.: 33 64 60 66 Email: erwin(a)dk-hostmaster.dk Homepage: http://www.dk-hostmaster.dk .dk Danmarks plads på Internettet ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an email from DK Hostmaster A/S. This message may contain confidential information and is intended solely for the use of the intended addressee. If you are not the intended addressee please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail from your system. You are not permitted to disclose, distribute or copy the information in this e-mail. --------------------------------------------------------------------------