DNS Records: An Introduction - 0 views
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Domain names are best understood by reading from right to left.
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Every domain’s zone file contains the domain administrator’s email address, the name servers, and the DNS records.
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Your ISP’s DNS resolver queries a root nameserver for the proper TLD nameserver. In other words, it asks the root nameserver, *Where can I find the nameserver for .com domains?*
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caching is a good thing, but it can be a problem if you’ve recently made a change to your DNS information
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DNS Certification Authority Authorization uses DNS to allow the holder of a domain to specify which certificate authorities are allowed to issue certificates for that domain.
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Some mail servers handle mail oddly for domains with CNAME records, so you should not use a CNAME record for a domain that gets email.
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A DKIM record or DomainKeys Identified Mail record displays the public key for authenticating messages that have been signed with the DKIM protocol
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Priority allows you to designate a fallback server (or servers) for mail for a particular domain. Lower numbers have a higher priority.
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Primary nameservers get configured at your registrar and secondary subdomain nameservers get configured in the primary domain’s zone file.
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A PTR record or pointer record matches up an IP address to a domain or subdomain, allowing reverse DNS queries to function.
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PTR records are usually set with your hosting provider. They are not part of your domain’s zone file.
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An SOA record or Start of Authority record labels a zone file with the name of the host where it was originally created.
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An SPF record or Sender Policy Framework record lists the designated mail servers for a domain or subdomain.
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An SPF record for your domain tells other receiving mail servers which outgoing server(s) are valid sources of email so they can reject spoofed mail from your domain that has originated from unauthorized servers.
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An SRV record or service record matches up a specific service that runs on your domain or subdomain to a target domain.
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Protocol: The name of the protocol must be proceeded by an underscore (_) and followed by a period (.)
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Target: The target domain or subdomain. This domain must have an A or AAAA record that resolves to an IP address.
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A TXT record or text record provides information about the domain in question to other resources on the internet.