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DNS Basics

How names resolve

DNS maps human-friendly domain names to IP addresses using recursive resolvers, authoritative servers, and caching to speed lookups and route traffic.

How It Works

Clients ask recursive resolvers, which query root, TLD, and authoritative servers.

Records

Common records: A/AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT; TTL controls caching.

Operate

Monitor zones, set sensible TTLs, and secure with DNSSEC where needed.

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