DNS Record Types Flashcards
1
Q
Map Hostnames to an IP Address
A
A
2
Q
Alias of one name to another
A
CNAME
3
Q
Mail Exchange Record
A
MX
4
Q
Delegates a DNS zone to use the given authoritative name servers
A
NS
5
Q
Resolves an IP address to a fully qualfied domain name
A
PTR
6
Q
Resource Record in DNS containing administrative information about the zone
A
SOA
7
Q
Specification of data in DNS defining the location
A
SRV
8
Q
Record that contains text information for sources outside of your domain
A
TXT
