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  2. List of DNS record types - Wikipedia

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    Address record. Returns a 32-bit IPv4 address, most commonly used to map hostnames to an IP address of the host, but it is also used for DNSBLs, storing subnet masks in RFC 1101, etc. AAAA. 28. RFC 3596 [2] IPv6 address record. Returns a 128-bit IPv6 address, most commonly used to map hostnames to an IP address of the host.

  3. dig (command) - Wikipedia

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    dig (command) dig is a network administration command-line tool for querying the Domain Name System (DNS). dig is useful for network troubleshooting and for educational purposes. [2] It can operate based on command line option and flag arguments, or in batch mode by reading requests from an operating system file.

  4. Domain Name System - Wikipedia

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    A DNS name server is a server that stores the DNS records for a domain; a DNS name server responds with answers to queries against its database. The most common types of records stored in the DNS database are for start of authority ( SOA ), IP addresses ( A and AAAA ), SMTP mail exchangers (MX), name servers (NS), pointers for reverse DNS ...

  5. TXT record - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A TXT record (short for text record) is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) used to provide the ability to associate arbitrary text with a host or other name, such as human readable information about a server, network, data center, or other accounting information. [1]

  6. CNAME record - Wikipedia

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    A Canonical Name ( CNAME) record is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that maps one domain name (an alias) to another (the canonical name). [1] This can prove convenient when running multiple services (like an FTP server and a web server, each running on different ports) from a single IP address.

  7. Wildcard DNS record - Wikipedia

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    Wildcard DNS record. A wildcard DNS record is a record in a DNS zone that will match requests for non-existent domain names. A wildcard DNS record is specified by using a * as the leftmost label (part) of a domain name, e.g. *.example.com. The exact rules for when a wildcard will match are specified in RFC 1034, but the rules are neither ...

  8. Domain Name System Security Extensions - Wikipedia

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    DNS resolvers use NSEC records to verify the non-existence of a record name and type as part of DNSSEC validation. NSEC3 (next secure record version 3) Contains links to the next record name in the zone (in hashed name sorting order) and lists the record types that exist for the name covered by the hash value in the first label of the NSEC3 ...

  9. Category:DNS record types - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "DNS record types". The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . List of DNS record types.