Detect lame delegation with dig 1. Get delegation from parent with "+norecurse" to make the intent clear % dig @203.178.141.194 www.lame.jinmei.org +norecurse ... ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: lame.jinmei.org. 86400 IN NS ns.lame.jinmei.org. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns.lame.jinmei.org. 86400 IN A 202.249.10.124 2. Send query to the lame server check if "aa" flag is set in the response % dig @202.249.10.124 www.lame.jinmei.org +norecurse ... ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11840 ;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.lame.jinmei.org. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: org. 40698 IN NS TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET. org. 40698 IN NS TLD2.ULTRADNS.NET. ...