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  2. Dynamic DNS - Wikipedia

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    The first is "dynamic DNS updating" which refers to systems that are used to update traditional DNS records without manual editing. [1] These mechanisms use TSIG to provide security. The second kind of dynamic DNS permits lightweight and immediate updates often using an update client, which do not use the RFC 2136 standard for updating DNS records.

  3. TSIG - Wikipedia

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    The response to a successful TSIG update will also be signed with a TSIG record. Failures are not signed to prevent an attacker from learning anything about the TSIG key using specially crafted update "probes". The nsupdate program can use TSIG to do DNS updates. The TSIG record is in the same format as the other records in the update request.

  4. List of DNS record types - Wikipedia

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    This list of DNS record types is an overview of resource records (RRs) ... NXT was obsoleted by DNSSEC updates (RFC 3755). At the same time, the domain of ...

  5. Wildcard DNS record - Wikipedia

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    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 intuitive nor clearly ...

  6. SOA record - Wikipedia

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    The SOA record for a zone contains data to control the zone transfer. This is the serial number and different timespans. It also contains the email address of the responsible person for this zone, as well as the name of the primary master name server. Usually the SOA record is located at the top of the zone.

  7. 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.

  8. Domain Name System Security Extensions - Wikipedia

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    The DS record is placed in the parent zone along with the delegating NS records. NSEC (next secure record) Contains a link to the next record name in the zone and lists the record types that exist for the record's name. DNS resolvers use NSEC records to verify the non-existence of a record name and type as part of DNSSEC validation.

  9. 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 ...