DNS articles
Announcements
Getting Started
Explanation
- What Is DNS?
- Common DNS Records
- What Is an A Record?
- What Is an AAAA Record?
- What Is an ALIAS Record?
- What Is a CAA Record?
- What Is a CNAME Record?
- What Is a DKIM Record?
- What Is a DMARC Record?
- What Are DS Records?
- What Are Empty Non-Terminals (ENT)?
- What Are Glue Records?
- What Are HINFO Records?
- What Is an MX Record?
- What Is an NS Record?
- What Are NAPTR Records?
- What Is a POOL Record?
- What Are Reverse DNS Lookups and PTR Records?
- What Is an SOA Record?
- What Is an SPF Record?
- What Is an SRV Record?
- What Are SSHFP Records?
- What Are System Records?
- What Is a TXT Record?
- What Is a URL Record?
- What Is a Zone File?
- Differences Between A and CNAME Records
- Differences Among A, CNAME, ALIAS, and URL Records
- DNSimple Points of Presence
- Reverse DNS Zones
- Explanation of Regional Records
- What Is Anycast DNS and Why Use It?
- Why DNSSEC and Secondary DNS May Not Work Together
- How ALIAS Records Resolve with Secondary DNS
- How Does Zone Verification Work?
- How Long Does a New DNS Record Take to Resolve?
- Protection Against DDoS Attacks
- What Is EDNS Client Subnet Support?
- Why Should I Use DNSimple as a DNS Hosting Provider?
- Integrated DNS Provider Amazon Route 53
- Integrated DNS Provider Azure DNS
- Integrated DNS Provider CoreDNS
- What Are Integrated DNS Providers and Why Use Them?
- What Is dig?
- What Is Dynamic DNS?
- What Is Resolution Status?
- What Is Time-to-Live?
- What Is Zone Verification and Why Does It Matter?
- Why You Should Auto-Import DNS Records
How to
- Activating and Deactivating a DNS Zone
- Adding and Removing DS Records
- Adding an SRV Record
- Auto-Importing DNS Records
- Check DNS Cache
- Check Resolution Status
- Creating a Record Note
- Creating a Record Deletion Note
- Export Zone File
- How To Add Common DNS Records
- How to Change TTL in DNSimple
- How to Fix Empty Responses from Empty Non-Terminals
- How to Use the Record Editor
- How to Use dig
- How to Use CoreDNS as an Integrated DNS Provider
- How to Use Route 53 as an Integrated DNS Provider
- Importing Integrated Zone Records
- Import Zone File
- Managing A Records
- Managing AAAA Records
- Managing CAA Records
- Managing CNAME Records
- Managing DS Records When Changing DNS
- Managing Integrated DNS Providers
- Managing Integrated Zones for Integrated DNS Providers
- Managing Integrated Zone Records
- Managing URL Records
- Querying MX Records
- Record Notes
- Refreshing and Importing Integrated Zones
- Rotate DNSSEC Keys
- Syncing Integrated Zone Records Between DNS Providers
- Setting up DKIM
- Setting up DMARC
- Setting up Simple Dynamic DNS
- Troubleshooting DNSimple Name Servers
- Troubleshooting Domain Resolution Issues
- Troubleshooting Empty Non-Terminal Issues
- Troubleshooting Record Resolution Issues
- Verifying DKIM with dig and Online Tools
- Verifying DMARC with dig and Online Tools
- View Record Notes and Audit History
- Zone NS Records
Reference
- DNS Glossary
- Supported DNS Records and DNS Record Types
- A Record Format
- AAAA Record Format
- ALIAS Record Reference
- CAA Record Format and Policy Tags
- CNAME Record Reference
- DKIM Record Reference
- DMARC Record Reference
- HINFO Record Reference
- MX Record Reference
- POOL Record Reference
- PTR Record Reference
- SOA Record Reference
- SPF Record Syntax and Validation Reference
- SRV Record Format and Components Reference
- SSHFP Record Reference
- TXT Record Format and Long Record Handling
- URL Record Format and Technical Details
- dig Reference Guide
- DNSimple Interface Reference for DNS Management
- DNSimple TTL Settings Reference
- IPv6 Domain Resolution Reference
- Resolving with DNSimple
- Understanding DNSimple's Record Editors Simple vs. Field-Specific