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  2. Root name server - Wikipedia

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    The contents of the root zone file is a list of names and numeric IP addresses of the root domain authoritative DNS servers for all top-level domains (TLDs) such as com, org, edu, and the country code top-level domains (it also includes that info for root domain, the dot). On 12 December 2004, 773 different authoritative servers for the TLDs ...

  3. Domain Name System - Wikipedia

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    A reverse DNS lookup is a query of the DNS for domain names when the IP address is known. Multiple domain names may be associated with an IP address. The DNS stores IP addresses in the form of domain names as specially formatted names in pointer (PTR) records within the infrastructure top-level domain arpa. For IPv4, the domain is in-addr.arpa.

  4. List of DNS record types - Wikipedia

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    Returns all records of all types known to the name server. If the name server does not have any information on the name, the request will be forwarded on. The records returned may not be complete. For example, if there is both an A and an MX for a name, but the name server has only the A record cached, only the A record will be returned.

  5. Google Public DNS - Wikipedia

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    Google Public DNS is a Domain Name System (DNS) service offered to Internet users worldwide by Google. It functions as a recursive name server . Google Public DNS was announced on December 3, 2009, [ 1 ] in an effort described as "making the web faster and more secure."

  6. 1.1.1.1 - Wikipedia

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    The 1.1.1.1 DNS service operates recursive name servers for public use at the twelve IP addresses listed below. [11] These addresses are mapped to the nearest operational server by anycast routing. [12] The DNS service is also available for Tor clients. [13] Users can set up the service by manually changing their DNS resolvers to the IP ...

  7. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a standards organization that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Internet Protocol–related symbols and Internet numbers.

  8. Name server - Wikipedia

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    DNS servers, which are located all over the world, translate domain names into IP addresses, giving them control over which server a user may access via a given domain. Below the root, Internet resources are organized into a hierarchy of domains, administered by the respective registrars and domain name holders.

  9. Reverse DNS lookup - Wikipedia

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    For example, to do a reverse lookup of the IP address 8.8.4.4 the PTR record for the domain name 4.4.8.8.in-addr.arpa would be looked up, and found to point to dns.google. If the A record for dns.google in turn pointed back to 8.8.4.4 then it would be said to be forward-confirmed.