I am trying to use the nslookup command on different addresses but it seems to not be working correctly since the returned IP is always the same for different websites and when I paste it in the browser and look it up it says that the page doesn’t exist. Is there any way to fix … Read More “Help, nslookup command not working” »

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Hi everyone, ​ Studying my domain I realized that my hosting provider is an intermediate of a data center. Lets supose my domain is https://asecureddomain.com/, but when I reverse dns my domain IP, it goes to http://secureddom.somedatacenter.com/. I understand that my domain DNS is redirected to the data center subdomain. Isn’t this a vulnerabilty? I … Read More “SSL certificate on domain hosted and SSL in data center data center, is it necessary?” »

My domain has a hidden master and a couple of secondary nameservers. The secondary nameservers are bought as a service. Now, one of the providers of one of the secondary nameserver wants to change their name for their nameservers from “a.dns.xxx.se” to “a.dns.yyy.net”. The IP address remains the same. The name change is due to … Read More “Change the name of NS record from “a.dns.xxx.se” to “a.dns.yyy.net”” »

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Hey guys. So I’m going through some MCSE content and I have a question regarding DNS.. So, I can set up a local DNS server in my domain and set a “rule” which will forward packets to external DNS like googles(8.8.8.8) when we need to forward packets to somewhere which isn’t cached in my local … Read More “Questions regarding DNS” »

Let me start by saying I’m an amateur. I want to switch my DNS servers from the Hostwinds ones I’m currently using and I think I jumped the gun when I setup HE.net and took my site down for a while. I’m back on the original name server and am unsure about what I need … Read More “Do I have to setup zones with HE.net if they are set in my cpanel?” »

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I am migrating over a client that has a .gov domain. The current company that manages their DNS uses GoDaddy nameservers. I use Google for all of my domain management now and wanted to use that instead of GoDaddy. But I can’t find anything related to .gov domains and Google. I must admit that I’m … Read More “Manage .Gov on Nameserver” »

Is that so? I have a wildcard A reocrd pointing to my traffic manager, e.g. *.mysite.com, with this I can ns lookup any subdomain, e.g. email.mysite.com, then in order to pass email domain validation, I have a subdomain TXT record, email.mysite.com. With this TXT record, nslookup on emai.mysite.com no longer returns data. Is this by … Read More “Subdomain TXT record overrides wildcard A record?” »