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What DNS records do you know?
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Answer from AI
- A (Address Record): Converts a hostname to an IPv4 address.
www IN A 192.0.2.1 - AAAA (IPv6 Address Record): Converts a hostname to an IPv6 address.
www IN AAAA 2001:0db8::1 - CNAME (Canonical Name Record): Creates an alias for another domain name.
ftp IN CNAME www.example.com. - MX (Mail Exchanger Record): Specifies mail servers responsible for receiving email for the domain.
Creates an alias for another domain name.IN MX 10 mail.example.com. IN MX 20 backupmail.example.com. - TXT (Text Record): Contains textual information, often used for domain verification (e.g., SPF, DKIM).
IN TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all" - PTR (Pointer Record): Performs reverse DNS resolution (from IP address to hostname). Used in PTR zones.
1.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa IN PTR www.example.com. - SRV (Service Record): Defines the location of services (e.g., ports) for the domain.
_sip._tcp IN SRV 0 5 5060 sip.example.com. - NS (Name Server Record): Specifies authoritative name servers for the domain.
IN NS ns1.example.com. IN NS ns2.example.com. - SOA (Start of Authority Record): Contains primary zone information, including administrator email and zone synchronization parameters.
IN SOA ns1.example.com. hostmaster.example.com. ( 2023102701 ; Serial 3600 ; Refresh time 1800 ; Retry time 604800 ; Expire time 86400 ; Minimum TTL ) - CAA (Certification Authority Authorization): Indicates which certification authorities are authorized to issue SSL/TLS certificates for the domain.
IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"