DNS Flashcards
1
Q
A
A
HOSTNAME IPV4 ADDRESS
2
Q
AAA
A
HOSTNAME IPV6 ADDRESS
3
Q
CNAME
A
ALIAS TO POINT ONE HOSTNAME TO ANOTHER, NICKNAME OF ANOTHER DOMAIN NAME
3
Q
A
4
Q
MX
A
SPECIFIES SMTP FOR A DOMAIN
4
Q
a
A
5
Q
PTR
A
ALLOWS REVERSE DNS QUERY
6
Q
NS
A
SPECIFIES THE AUTHORITATIVE *NAME SERVER FOR A PARTICULAR DNS ONE
NS records tell the Internet where to go to find out a domain’s IP address
