Answer chains
CNAME aliasing followed hop by hop, each link rendered with its own TTL countdown until expiry.
X-ray the internet’sphone book.
Type any domain. Watch the question travel, the answer chain unfold, TTLs decay in real time, and DNSSEC verdicts explained in plain language — live from dns.google.
Try one:
Question
Resolver
dns.google
Answer
Query failed
What an X-ray shows
Living TTLs
Every record’s time-to-live ticks down live, color-decaying from fresh green to expiry red.
DNSSEC, decoded
Flip the DNSSEC switch and the AD/CD flags become a plain-language trust verdict, not acronyms.
Wire format
Every panel has a raw JSON toggle showing the exact dns.google wire response for engineers.
Compare types
Sweep one name across A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, SOA, CAA, HTTPS at once and see its whole footprint.
Local history
Queries are remembered on this device only — replay any of them, or share a URL that re-runs it.