DNS

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Domains

Do NOT use GoDaddy. Google it.

tlds, ccs, etc.

Management

Tools

dig domain.name

Servers, proxy, cache

  • pdnsd is a proxy DNS server with permanent caching (the cache contents are written to hard disk on exit) that is designed to cope with unreachable or down DNS servers (for example in dial-in networking). Since version 1.1.0, pdnsd supports negative caching.

DNS server ip addresses

BE Broadband;

  • 87.194.255.154
  • 87.194.255.155

Google;

  • 8.8.8.8
  • 8.8.4.4

Basic DNS Records

From DreamHost wiki;

A
Forward mapping of hostname to an IP address (66.33.201.141).
AAAA
Forward mapping of hostname to an IPv6 address.
PTR
Reverse mapping of an IP address (66.33.201.141) to a hostname (dreamhost.com).
MX
Mail eXchange records tell you which hostname to connect to for sending email.
CNAME
Say it, See Name, it points one domain name to another domain name, including mail service.
TXT
Text records, these are free form text strings, used for things like SPF.
SRV
Service records advertise a specific service a server offers. Zeroconf and XMPP Federation (Jabber and Google Apps) use SRV records in addition to PTR records.
NS
Delegates a domain or subdomain to another DNS server.