I'm getting ready to teach a class on BIND DNS for a client. I thought you might find a quick and easy guide to installing the dig and host utilities on Windows systems helpful, so here it is.To Install dig and host on a Windows ComputerThe dig and host utilities are available for Windows computers. This guide assumes you're running a 64-bit version of Windows. If you're running a 32-bit system, the procedures are similar, but not the same.Download the BIND package from www.isc.org/downloads. As of this writing, the recommended package is 9.10.2. Download the 64-bit version for Windows.The download is a .zip file. Open the .zip file and copy the following files to %SystemRoot%\System32\ (copying files into %SystemRoot%\System32\ requires admin privileges):dig.exehost.exelibbind9.dlllibdns.dlllibeay32.dlllibisc.dlllibisccfg.dllliblwres.dlllibxml2.dllThe 64-bit version also requires the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package, which is available at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679#. Download it and install it before continuing.Once you've installed the Visual C++ Redistributable package and copied the above files into System32, you can run dig and host from a command prompt. In the following screen capture, I ran a dig query in Windows Powershell.Also, check out my Linux server book, based on CentOS 6.5/6.6 at http://amzn.com/1453689923
