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DNS Notes

Introduction

TODO: Very briefly introduce DNS! Link to useful learning resources for anyone who is learning from scratch?

Basic Workflow

TODO: Draw a diagram!

Common Record Types

A (Address)

The A record is an IPv4 address of a given domain.

TODO: Expand on this?

AAAA

Same as A, but for IPv6.

CNAME (Canonical Name)

TODO: What is it?

MX (Mail Exchange)

TODO: What is it?

TXT (Text)

TODO: What is it?

Use-Cases

TODO: I should experiment with DNS somehow for various use-cases. Maybe I can do this locally somehow?

Inspecting and Troubleshooting DNS

TODO: Talk about popular tooling!