Information about DNS and network
Hiya, Wanted to ask if it is possible to setup separate DNS as a failsafe to my ISP DNS since they have been messing up recently. I have a D-link DIR 868L. I cant seem to find anything about having a router automatically switch DNS settings should it fail to contact the original ISP DNS. … Read More “How to setup alternative DNS in router besides isp” »
As far as I know any website can be accessed directly via an IP even if all DNS servers are down. Does any website hold a registry of IPs for popular sites (or tons of sites) in case a major DNS breakdown occurred? I am asking out of curiosity in light of the events of … Read More “Is there a registry of IPs for popular sites in case DNS servers globally went down?” »
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My zone file looks something like this: @ in soa ns1 myname 1475840896 14400 1800 604800 86400 ns ns1 ; THIS LINE ns ns2 […] Since ns1 is already declared in the SOA RR, is the highlighted line really neccessary? submitted by /u/pfo_ [link] [comments] Powered by WPeMatico
Does anyone have any experience with cybersquatting? I’m looking to start a company “foo” and it looks like foo.com is owned by company bar. Bar owns foo.com through an acquisition of a company named “foo service” many, many years ago. They’re not responding to any requests for selling foo.com so I’m wondering if I go … Read More “Cybersquatting” »
When trying to switch webhosts recently, I routed my domain root to a CNAME entry in DNS. I figured since mail was handled via MX records, it would be unaffected. Today, the postmaster returned a delivery delayed to <myusername>@<cname-value> instead of my actual email address. Do CNAME entries trump MX records in DNS, or is … Read More “CNAME question” »