DNS- Domain Name System (Define)

27 Jun , 2023 - Uncategorised

  • This turns domains into IP addresses
  • It is like a phone book of the internet it connects websites with Web browsers.

Authorize Zones

Stores important information about the domain or zone such as the email address of the administrator, when the domain was last updated, and how long the server should wait and between refreshes.

Name Servers

It is the server that stores all DNS records for a domain, including A records, MX records, or CNAME records. Almost all domains rely on multiple nameservers to increase reliability: if one nameserver goes down or is unavailable, DNS queries can go to another one.

A-Record

The ‘A’ stands for ‘address’ is the most fundamental type of DNS record, indicates the IP address of a given domain.

Name-Records

 instructions that live in authoritative DNS servers and provide information about a domain including what IP address is associated with that domain and how to handle requests for that domain.

MX-Records

This Emails to rout.

An MX (mail exchange) record is an entry in your DNS. zone file which specifies a mail server to handle a domain’s email. 

Text-Records

TXT records are a type of Domain Name System (DNS) record in text format, which contain information about your domain. TXT records also have information that helps external network servers and services handle outgoing email from your domain.


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