Tag: DNS Records

Migrating Your DNS to Liquid Web

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Helpful Humans of Liquid Web

Category: Getting Started | Tags: Common Questions, DNS, DNS Records, DNS Resolution, DNS Zone, DNS Zone File, RDNS, Reverse DNS

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In order to simplify your website management and to receive speedy DNS support, including restoration of website service during DDoS attacks, we recommend you move your website DNS name server records to Liquid Web. You will still have full control to add and modify your DNS records at any time.

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DNS Record Types

Posted on November 25, 2016 by J. Mays

Category: Technical Support | Tags: A Record, AAAA, Alias, Anycast DNS, Authoritative Nameservers, CNAME, DNS, DNS Files, DNS Hosting, DNS Records, DNS Resolution, DNS System, DNS Zone, DNS Zone File, Domain Name, Domain Name System, File, IP, MX, Named, Nameserver, Nameservers, ptr, RDNS, Reverse DNS, SOA, srv, SRV Record, TXT, Zone, Zone File, Zones

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One of the many challenges that we may face while attempting to make modifications to a zone file, is knowing what the different records are used for. This article highlight several of the commonly used records in an attempt to help demystify them.

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How To Flush Your Local DNS Cache

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Jay Allen

Category: Common Fixes | Tags: A Record, AAAA, Alias, Anycast DNS, Authoritative Nameservers, Caching, CNAME, Command-line, DNS, DNS Files, DNS Hosting, DNS Records, DNS Resolution, DNS System, DNS Zone, DNS Zone File, Domain Name, Domain Name System, File, IP, Linux, Mac, MX, Named, Nameserver, Nameservers, ptr, RDNS, Reverse DNS, SOA, srv, SRV Record, Tutorial, TXT, Windows, Zone, Zone File, Zones

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If your computer has trouble reaching a certain website or server this may be due to a corrupt local DNS cache. This guide will show you how to clear your local DNS cache (“flush” it) for several operating systems.

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