Every networked computer uses a complex system of addresses and protocols to communicate. There are times when these services fail, and it might be appropriate to consider a preferred and alternate ...

Personally, one of the main reasons I like to run my own DNS server at home is to protect my privacy. DNS isn't encrypted by default, unless you've got DNSSEC setup to encrypt your DNS queries. A DNS ...

IPv6 offers several ways that aren’t possible in IPv4 to assign IP addresses, and DNS set-up has differences as well. As IP technology has matured, the range of devices that the internet protocol ...

If you’re not familiar with how DNS works, I recommend reading Marco Chiappetta’s article about how to speed up your DNS. If it still sounds complex, there’s a comic series that explains how DNS works ...

Is it weird to say that DNS is my favorite protocol? Because DNS is my favorite protocol. There's something about the simplicity of UDP packets combined with the power of a service that the entire ...

The Domain Name Service, or DNS, is a global network that turns the domain names you type in your web browser into the internet protocol addresses that computers use to connect to one another. Your ...

When I joined the company, I noted that a lot of name lookups were failing or pointing at the wrong machines. I also noted a staggering amount of old, outdated DNS records. Scavenging appeared to be ...

These are the best free and public DNS servers that make it simple and easy to reduce buffering and tighten your online security by changing your DNS service. Getting the best speeds isn't as simple ...

Our newly configured DNS nameservers. How to set DNS nameservers in Ubuntu Server 18.04 Your email has been sent For years, whenever I needed to configure DNS nameservers in Linux I would turn to /etc ...