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DNS hosting service is the service than runs DNS servers.

DNS hosting service is the service than runs DNS servers. Most, but not all, domain name registrars include DNS hosting service with registration. Free DNS hosting services also exist.

DNS hosting service is optimal when the provider has multiple servers in various geographic locations that provide resilience and minimize latency for clients around the world. By operating DNS nodes closer to end users, DNS queries travel a much shorter distance, resulting in faster Web address resolution speed.

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Is there any way to tell the TTL on root name server DNS records?

I am currently migrating a DNS zone from one DNS server provider to another. I am trying to estimate how long it will take for the change to propagate, and to understand what the delay might be if I chose to rollback mid-stream. Previously, I…
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DNS: How to find out which software a remote DNS server is running

Situation I know the IP address of a DNS server running in the same network on a machine which I can't maintain. Question How can find out more about which software that DNS server uses? Thanks for your help - if anythings unclear, please leave a…
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Who has my domain?

I bought a domain for us to use to hide ugly staging URL's (like what Azure gives you for staging). I pretty exlusively only buy domains from MyDomain.com, but I might have bought this one from NetworkSolutions.com as a test (as we had a client…
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Entering multiple DNS TXT values as a single TXT entry, with each value in " marks, but separated by spaces

I have done this with other DNS providers but I'm stuck on UltraDNS's DNS management interface. I need to enter multiple values in a TXT entry so they resolve as a single string with each value in " marks and separated by a space. An example of…
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Is it possible to combine DNS name servers?

Question: Is it possible to combine DNS name servers? For this example lets say that I lease the domain example.com through a service (godaddy, name.com, etc) I have the option of pointing this domain and all it's records to a different nameserver…
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Estimating DNS bandwidth: Average size of a DNS request?

I'm trying to estimate the amount of traffic 20,000,000 DNS requests a month will generate in terms of bandwidth. I'll include my calculations below but they all hinge on my estimation of the amount of data used to make a simple A request to a DNS…
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Whats a good DNS service with an API

Does anyone know a good DNS hosting service that has an API and gives you a reasonable amount of domains / zones for the price? I'm setting up a hosting service & want to script the creation of the DNS entries through a web app. Right now our DNS…
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Are there names for typical DNS designs (and, if so, what are the most common)?

I'm not as proficient at configuring DNS as I would like. What are some common DNS design schemes? EDIT: Gah, it's hard to explain what i mean! I'm interested in learning how to classify/configure various styles of networks (eg: is there a term for…
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Setting different NS records as authoritative on authoritative DNS

I have DNS servers for a domain set to one set of authoritative DNS servers on the registrar. However, those DNS servers zone file for the domain have a different set of NS records for it. Some DNS servers are passing the request on merrily to the…
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Some visitors cannot access my website

I am receiving some reports from different clients in Spain, US and France that they cannot access my website, https://www.ultreyatours.com. They get a ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED error saying the server cannot be found. Personally, I do not get any error…
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unexpected RCODE REFUSED - eating up log files

I have a website which I host myself, and I use bind9 as my DNS server (host my own nameservers etc.). I am having a problem with traffic bandwidth, and my syslog is full of the following type of issue: error (unexpected RCODE REFUSED) resolving…
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What tools should I use for DNS diagnostic?

I am trying to host a domain name (pressemag.com) on my dedicated server. I have put DNS the domain name provider gave me I put the .pressemag.com A 88.190.22.44 but nothing.. site is totally inaccessible I have no idea where what of these 3…
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Run local dns-server that forwards dns querys to different dns nameservers

I would like to run my own local dns-server, that forwards only some dns-queries to special dns-servers and all others to the public google dns servers. The database of the local DNS-Server should not cache the queries. E.g.: all subdomains with…
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How could dynamic DNS work if DNS updates take hours to propagate?

Simple Failover markets itself as: continuously monitors your servers to find out which are up and which are down, and then it dynamically updates your DNS records accordingly so that your domain name always points to a functional server. From…
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Can you have multiple DNS registrars?

Can you have multiple domain registrars? for example, register.com and dnsmadeeasy.com both hosting your A and Cname records simultaneously??
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