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A name server is a computer server that hosts a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service.

A name server is a computer server that hosts a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service. It maps a human-recognizable identifier to a system-internal, often numeric, identification or addressing component. This service is performed by the server according to a network service protocol.

Examples of name servers is the Domain Name System (DNS), one of the two principal name spaces of the Internet. The most important function of these DNS servers is the translation (resolution) of human-memorable domain names and hostnames into the corresponding numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, the second principal Internet name space which is used to identify and locate computer systems and resources on the Internet.

Source: Wikipedia.

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DNS still not updated after 6 days for at least one ISP

volumeone.org UPDATE It's been more than 10 days now, and DNS changes still haven't been updated for some people using AT&T (but since 4 days ago, it's showing up for at least one AT&T user that it wasn't before). Updated DNS to point to a new IP…
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Is it required to register a name server with GLUE records?

I have a few domains and want to resolve their DNS records with my own name server. Let's say I have a DNS server with 2 fixed IP addresses and a domain name mydnsservers.net. I'd like to have 2 name server -subdomains- for my other…
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Failover web hosting with multiple NS

Are there any drawbacks in having each nameserver entry in a domain name point to different failover server? In this setup, the same DNS server will also serve the content - so if it's down, the alternate nameserver will be loaded instead, which…
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DNS, multiple nameservers and geolocation?

Currently, when a DNS client makes a request for a DNS record (say, www.example.com., it needs to traverse the DNS tree. It asks the root servers for the location of com., which it then asks for the location of example.com., which it then asks for…
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Not all of your nameservers are in different subnets. Single point of failure

Using VPS hosting and dynadot (domain registrar) DNS. Checked domain name with http://www.intodns.com and get some warnings Different subnets WARNING: Not all of your nameservers are in different subnets and Different autonomous systems …
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PowerDNS master server doesn't notify

I have a PowerDNS based master nameserver with 3 slaves. Zone transfer works through AXFR (automatically once every hour it gets checked by the slaves). When I change a record through our panel the notified_serial gets updated correctly as well as…
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Why would delegated nameservers ever be different to authoritative nameservers?

If you go on intodns.com and type in stackoverflow.com, the parent server tells me that nameservers for the domain are here: ns1.serverfault.com. ['198.252.206.80'] [TTL=172800] ns3.serverfault.com. ['69.59.196.217'] [TTL=172800] …
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How are child nameservers resolved?

When specifying DNS information for a domain (e.g. in the registrar control panel) one can use nameservers which are subdomains of the domain. For example, if I have a domain example.com, I can set nameservers "ns1.example.com 1.1.1.1" and…
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resolv.conf search suffix limited to six domains and 256 characters

Is there a way to increase the resolv.conf search suffix limitation beyond six domains and 256 characters? This is an issue for an environment that has well over six domains to consider. I realize that having more suffixes will delay resolution in…
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Subdomain NameServers to control fourth level domains using Route53?

We have external service that we have no control of, and it is on client side. But we need some subdomains and flexibility there, and process of making them to do work - is huge pain. So we need subdomain: api.example.com We host everything on AWS…
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Do ISPs and computers use a domain's nameserver in order?

When providing nameservers to my domain's registrar, i.e. nameserver 1 dns1.example.com nameserver 2 dns2.example.com nameserver 3 dns3.example.com nameserver 4 dns4.example.com Do ISPs and computers always use the nameserver in order? i.e. where…
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nameserver problems with webmin/virtualmin

Possible Duplicate: nameserver problems with webmin/virtualmin I'm setting up a shiny new vps with my own nameserver. Fortunately I had a spare domain that I'm using and have registered as a nameserver. After a struggle, I seem to have it working…
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whats the difference between managed dns and normal name server

what's the difference / benefits between using a managed DNS such as zoneedit, dyn.com and Amazon Route 53 and a standard DNS manager provided by domain registrants such as goDaddy. for the tasks I need like add/modify A, CNAME, MX records, do I…
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How do I know when my Route53 record sets become effective?

So I have added my domain to Route53 and updated the name servers of the domains to that of Route53. I have added the record sets (A, MX and TXT) that I need. How do I know when these DNS records are effective or do I just wait and keep on…
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Optimizing TTL values for DYNDNS service

I've finally gotten my own DYNDNS working but I am looking for some advice on optimizing it. Edit: Basiclly I got a Domain at a registrar that I point to my own nameservers where I keep my own records. I'm using nsupdate to update records. I want…
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