The Complete Guide to ALIAS Records

Alias Records

This is the tenth and final installment In the of a ten-part series outlining the ten most common Domain Name System Records, or DNS Records.  In this article I will examine the ALIAS Record.  Find links to the previous articles below: The Complete Guide to CAA Records The Complete Guide to SOA Records The Complete … Read more

The Complete Guide to CAA Records

CAA Record

This is the ninth installment In the of a ten-part series outlining the ten most common Domain Name System (DNS) Records.  In this article I will examine CAA Records, or Certification Authority Authorization.  Find links below to the previous articles below: In the eight article I examined SOA Records In the seventh article I examined PTR Records In … Read more

The Complete Guide to SRV Records

DNS Records

This is the sixth installment In the of a ten-part series outlining the ten most common Domain Name System (DNS) Records.  In this article I will examine SRV Records, or Service Records.  Find links below to the previous articles: In the fifth article I examined TXT Records In the fourth article I examined MX Records … Read more

The Complete Guide to CNAME Records

CNAME

This is the third installment of a ten-part series outlining the ten most common Domain Name System (DNS) Records.  In the first installment I discussed the A Record; I defined precisely what IPv4 was, went in-depth on Time To Live (TTL), and identified the three types of DNS Servers (DNS Resolver, DNS Root Serve, and Authoritative DNS … Read more