Information about DNS and network
I don’t get it… why do so many major Internet services such as Github, Twitter, SoundCloud and more use only a SINGLE provider of DNS hosting? It used to be common practice that you would use more than one DNS provider for authoritative DNS servers. And DNS is built to do this! It’s easy to … Read More “Q: Why do so many major services use ONLY a single DNS provider? (ex Twitter, Github, SoundCloud)” »
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” »