Questions tagged [dns]
DNS is the Domain Name System, a hierarchical, distributed database to map various information together, such as hostnames to IP addresses. The name is also used as a synonym for nameservers, the specific servers delivering the DNS feature. This tag should be used for all issues about configuration of DNS systems or troubleshooting problems in names resolution.
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If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10?
ICANN charges 18¢ per domain name registered regardless of its extension, but I pay $10 for a domain name per year with my registrar.
What do domain name registrars do for its customers to justify ...
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Using multiple A-records for my domain - do web browsers ever try more than one?
If I add multiple A-records for my domain, they are returned in a round robin order by DNS servers.
Example:
192.0.2.1 A example.com
192.0.2.2 A example.com
192.0.2.3 A example.com
But how does web ...
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What does an asterisk/star in traceroute mean?
The below is a part of traceroute to my hosted server:
9 ae-2-2.ebr2.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.132.106) 19.433 ms 19.599 ms 19.275 ms
10 ae-72-72.csw2.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.151.141) 19.496 ...
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How to use Cloudflare and Namecheap email forwarding at the same time?
I want to use Cloudflare, and it requires that I use their nameservers.
The problem is that I'm using some features from Namecheap like email forwarding, which will be disabled (if I didn't get it ...
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Forward naked domain with URL path for my Google Domain
I purchased a domain through Google Domains and I am hosting my app on Heroku.
I would like users to be able to access my app through the naked domain, but Google Domains does not allow CNAME's to ...
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What is the safest way to search for domain names availability?
I am victim of Domain name front running. I searched for domain names on some sites
& I lost those names soon.
Now, what is the safest way to search for availability of domain names? Using
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How to forward non-www to www. Using Godaddy DNS Manager
so I've set www.mydomain.com to point to ghs.google.com, which correctly loads my Google site, but if you go to mydomain.com, it doesn't redirect/forward to www.mydomain.com, it just hangs. is there a ...
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Does registering a domain for 10+ years help search rank?
I've heard that registering a domain name for a very long time, say 5 to 10+ years, can help with your search rank.
This seems at least plausible to me, since a fly-by-night, massive domain name farm ...
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Can DNS point to specific port?
I got virtual machine on some server and my URL is something like this.
111.11.11.111:8002
Can I get DNS who will point to specific port ?
One more thing. If I cant do that, can my virtual ...
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Should I use a domain name registrar's free DNS hosting, or host DNS servers with another company?
Should I use my domain name registrar's free DNS hosting service, or host DNS servers with another company? (or both?)
What are some advantages to using a DNS hosting company separate from the domain ...
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Should I have both example.com and www.example.com?
I used to have a website which could be addressed by both example.com and www.example.com leading to the same page.
Now, I moved to another server and only the example.com works.
I got an email from ...
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Is there any way to redirect one domain to another via DNS settings keeping the path information?
For example, my domain is example.com and when someone navigates to example.com/sample/page.htm, I want it to redirect to test.com/sample/page.htm.
I know that this can probably easily be done using ...
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Registrar with good security, DNS hosting, and DNSSEC and IPv6 resolvers? [closed]
I'm looking to move my domains away from GoDaddy, but I'm having a tough time finding anyone with comparable features at a (even remotely) similar price.
I've looked at the usual suggestions (...
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TXT vs SPF record for Google servers SPF record, either or both?
According to Google’s documentation,
https://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=178723
It clearly says Create a TXT record containing this text: v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
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If I specify a wildcard DNS entry, will it override any specific values?
I have
cheese.mycompany.com - 1.1.1.1
I want to go
*.mycompany.com = 1.1.1.2
without effecting cheese? Will this work, just having two seprate DNS entries?
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IP ADDRESS request vs. DOMAIN NAME request?
Today I bought a shared hosting package. Then I added an index.html to it via FTP. When I enter my given IP address in Chrome, I'm always seeing Plesk's default page, instead of my index.html. But ...
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How to forward emails to my custom domain to my Gmail account?
I bought a domain without webspace and want to forward emails to that domain to my Gmail account. But I don't receive any emails which are send there, not even a return-to-sender-email. I also tried ...
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Do SPF and DKIM TXT records require quotes?
I have been searching for some hours now, but multiple sources say different things.
https://support.wordfly.com/hc/en-us/articles/204767474-How-do-we-publish-DKIM-and-SPF-in-our-DNS-
States I should ...
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Is it possible to use cloudflare without having them managing my DNS?
I need to use cloudflare without having them managing my DNS, My DNS server have much more options that I do need.
Instead of setting cloudflare as my dns server, I have added it as a NS record from ...
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How do I check that a domain is available without triggering a grabber?
A few days ago, I checked whether a domain was available by tying the name in the web browser. Also host returned not found 3(NXDOMAIN)
When I tried again today, some domain grabber had snatched it.
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CNAME: does a cname change the url that the browser displays?
I have a web site www.somewhere.com and I want the alias fr.somewhere.com.
I set up a CNAME record for www.somewhere.com alias fr.somewhere.com. When a user types in http://fr.somewhere.com in their ...
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How can I host a website on a dynamically-assigned IP address?
I recently upgraded my internet to the point that it is much faster and more reliable than my current webhost. I would like to move my current domain to be hosted at home, but my IP address is dynamic....
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Difference between CNAME and SUBDOMAIN
What is the difference between a CNAME and a Subdomain?
I understand that the a cname (the left side of a domain) can point to the domain, so you can two different urls point to the same address, ie.
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Is it okay to have no A records for a domain?
There is one domain I'm using for email only. MX records are set up and everything works. The A records for @ and www are pointing to a machine, which just redirects to google.com.
I am now wondering ...
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How can I get a history of DNS registration information?
Is there a canonical place that stores DNS registration information? For example for a domain that has changed hands a few times, can I see a listing of the owner information* over time and when the ...
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Are website subdomains that start with "www." and those which do not start with "www." one and the same thing?
For a website, e.g. example.co.uk, when I write it in the URL bar of browser, it takes me to the URL https://example.co.uk.
When I enumerate the subdomains of the website, I get subdomains like www....
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What is the maximum number of DNS A-records you can use on one domain?
Is it correct that there is no limit to how many DNS A records can be set on a domain?
My boss asked me this and it made me curious, I can't find anything online.
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How to find domain registrar and DNS hosting with good DNSSEC support?
Simplified problem
I want to buy a domain and make a website that is fully secured with DNSSEC.
I want to make sure that only the one right SSL certificate could be validated by the browsers and all ...
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Is it time to add IPv6 access to my websites?
I have several dedicated servers and VPS servers, and some of those are at companies that have provided me with native IPv6 blocks (in addition to the IPv4 IP addresses).
Does it currently make sense ...
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Is it possible to find all subdomains for a certain domain?
a client of mine is currently hosting a web-project on one of his servers with some sub domains for previews, testing etc.
Those are really hard to guess sub domains like:
donottestme123789.example....
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Is it possible to keep the existence of a domain secret?
If I bought a domain like a9j47fn83jd8j49.tld, and only a friend and I ever visit it, who would know about it? It sounds like for most TLDs, there is some reporting that has to happen after you buy a ...
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How does DNS detect changes in nameserver IP address? [closed]
Suppose I have a domain such as example.com and I configure the domain's primary and secondary nameserver to be ns1.example2.com and ns2.example2.com.
Questions:
Does the IP address of the ...
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Why does the ICANN Registrar list show variants of the same company multiple times?
While browsing the ICANN list of accredited registrars:
https://www.icann.org/registrar-reports/accredited-list.html
I've noticed that a couple of companies are registered multiple times and multiple ...
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Is an externally-hosted subdomain a security risk?
A company I've been developing a web site for wants to keep their current domain, which is something like company.parentcompany.com. Because we wanted to use a different CMS, the parent company ...
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How can I create an SPF record on my 1and1.com hosted domain?
Emails from my domain (hosted at 1and1, and using Google Apps Premier edition) have sporadically been going to recipients' spam folders lately. I did some research, tested, and found out that I do ...
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DNS hosting better managed by Domain provider or Hosting provider?
Is it better to let DNS be managed by Domain Provider like GoDaddy/Namecheap or point the nameservers to hosting providers like Linode? What are the differences and disadvantages/advantages of both?
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How are web applications like Tumblr, WordPress.com and Blogspot able to create subdomains for users so fast?
I am curious as to how web-applications are able to create sub-domains instantly for new users, for example, newuser.wordpress.com, or example.blogspot.com. If I need to create a new subdomain for a ...
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How long does propagation of newly registered private name servers typically take?
I have an account with Hostgator, and have registered private name servers (ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com). How long should I expect to wait for those changes to take place? Should my ...
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How do I submit an offer to buy an expired domain?
I am looking at an expired .com domain, that expired 19th dec. 2022. When I read this it says:
If the previous Registrant fails to renew their domain after 30 days,
they forfeit ownership of the ...
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How to host a single website on multiple servers?
I'm planning on releasing an iOS app that downloads video from my server. If hundreds of people on the launch day try to do this, then my website and the services that my server provides will clearly ...
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Why won't Webmaster Tools let me set a preferred domain? (says to verify, but it should already be)
I've got a domain that I apparently forgot to set a preferred domain for, so I just tried to do it.
Webmaster Tools instead popped up a little box:
Part of the process of setting a preferred domain ...
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Do I set a DNS A Record for the new GitHub Pages to use their CDN?
GitHub updated their Pages service for custom domains yesterday and I'm not clear on one small detail. They recommend a CNAME record for www.example.com but do not recommend using A records for the ...
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How many domains to split components across?
I understand how splitting components across domains can maximize parallel downloads, and enable you to have cookie-free static content domains, but since there's a time cost for each domain lookup ...
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Site very slow when viewed from china
My site is very slow when viewed from china.
I have used this tool for testing:
http://www.dotcom-monitor.com/WebTools/website-speed-test.aspx
This is the result
Shangai - waterfall
only the DNS ...
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How do I leave mail at the registrar while serving the web from host?
Client's domain is registered with GoDaddy where they have a mail-only plan at the moment. Now web hosting has been set up elsewhere and we need to point web service to the new host while retaining ...
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Why do browsers know to lookup the `www` record if DNS query for @ gets NXDOMAIN?
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If I dig for businessbrief.xyz, I get no results, but the subdomain www returns an address. Entering businessbrief.xyz into any browser's address bar goes to a valid web address.
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I registered a domain name — how can I point it to my DynDNS host?
How can I host a website from my home machine? I have a DynDNS address so that even if my external IP changes, the machine is accessible.
Lets say, for example, the machine is accessible at example....
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How the name server is resolved if its from the same domain?
My understanding is, if I browse to example.com, first my computer will ask the root nameservers about the .com TLD nameservers, and it will be given the IP address of the .com TLD nameservers. Once ...
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What is the recommend procedure for changing nameservers with DNSSEC enabled?
Do I need to disable the DNSSEC DS record and DNSSEC, let that propagate, and then change nameservers only after that has well propagated?
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Why does Chrome resolve websitename.localhost as localhost?
I've been using .localhost as a TLD for locally hosted sites that I am working on. Usually when I start a new site I create an entry in the apache virutal host configuration file and then add an entry ...
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