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DNS Servers: Authoritative vs. Recursive vs. Root vs. TLD

DNS   LAUREN ANDERSON   0 COMMENTS

DNS is a global system for mapping human-readable domain names to numeric IP addresses. There are 4 types of DNS servers involved in the process and they work in harmony to complete the task: recursive name server, root name server, TLD name server and last but not leas...



Use group passwords to safeguard your IP updates

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Dynamic DNS service allows users to update a DNS hostname such as (name.domain.tld) with a dynamic IP address so that when end users connect to name.domain.tld, it will always resolve to the current IP regardless of the IP changes caused by the Internet Service Provider....



A URL in Any Language - Internationalized Domain Name

DOMAINS   DEREK MANNING   0 COMMENTS

The web address in the browser which connects web users to website content has long remained limited to Latin characters until the application of Internationalized Domain Name in May 2010. Nowadays, we are witnessing more and more full-length URLs in non-La...



DNS Failover: server monitoring and disaster recovery

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Server monitoring and DNS failover is a must-have for any individual and organization that interacts with customers via a website. Having a server go down is bad, not knowing about it and not having a reliable disaster recovery plan is even worse....



What is DNS propagation and how long does it take?

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It can take from several hours to up to 1 day for DNS changes to populate all over the internet. This change is not only made to your domain's authoritative name servers but to millions of DNS servers all over the internet. ...



Protect your website against DDos attack

TIPS & TRICKS   LAUREN ANDERSON   0 COMMENTS

Accroding to Nokia Deepfield, there has been a 100% increase in daily DDoS peak traffic between Jan 2020 and May 2021....



How to perform DNS lookup and troubleshoot DNS

TIPS & TRICKS   LAUREN ANDERSON   0 COMMENTS

The Domain Name System (DNS), is a key component of the Internet that maps a domain name to an IP address. There are mainly 2 ways to lookup the DNS records of a domain name, via the Command Line or use an online GUI lookup tool....



How to flush DNS cache?

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DNS stands for Domain Name System. DNS servers convert a domain name (such as example.com) into an IP address (such as 128.10.132.102). If you have an IP address that constantly changes like most people, then the mapping changes from time to time. When you visit a...



What is DNS and how does it work?

DNS   DEREK MANNING   1 COMMENTS

To inexperienced users the Domain Name System (DNS) can seem very complicated. While it can in some cases be complex, DNS problems can be easily diagnosed once you understand the basic core ideas behind it....



Static vs dynamic IP - Do I need a static IP address?

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You probably use your broadband connections for many activities when you're at home or at work, but you can also make use of that connection to access devices in your network even while you're away. For example, you might want to view your home security camera, get files...



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