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    DNS: The Domain Name System

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    The domain name system (DNS) translates human-friendly domain names to IP addresses. For example, DNS allows users to enter "www.google.com" in their browser instead of the IP address "74.125.45.100". DNS uses different record types like A records for IPv4 and AAAA records for IPv6. While DNS makes the internet easier to use, it can also be exploited through DNS spoofing or by modifying host files.

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    The domain name system (DNS) translates human-friendly domain names to IP addresses. For example, DNS allows users to enter "www.google.com" in their browser instead of the IP address "74.125.45.100". DNS uses different record types like A records for IPv4 and AAAA records for IPv6. While DNS makes the internet easier to use, it can also be exploited through DNS spoofing or by modifying host files.

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    The domain name system (DNS) translates human-friendly domain names to IP addresses. For example, DNS allows users to enter "www.google.com" in their browser instead of the IP address "74.125.45.100". DNS uses different record types like A records for IPv4 and AAAA records for IPv6. While DNS makes the internet easier to use, it can also be exploited through DNS spoofing or by modifying host files.

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    DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM

    By Tyler Miller and Zach Howe


    What is it?
     The domain name system is used everyday when
    you get on the internet. It determines the IP
    address of the computer that the hostname
    corresponds to.
     For example, www.google.com resolves the A-type
    record as the IP address 74.125.45.100.
     With the domain name system you don’t have to type in
    your web browser, http://74.125.45.100 to go to Google.
    (You still can if you want. But some websites are hosted
    on shared hosting which means multiple hosts resolve as
    the same IP address. In this case the host HTTP request
    header will determine which website you visit.)
    Common Record Types
     A-type records resolve normal IPv4 addresses
     AAAA-type records resolve IPv6 addresses
     MX-type records resolve mail exchange servers.
     TXT-type records resolve plain text or a specific URL.
     CNAME-type records are aliases of other DNS records.
     PTR-type records are used to implement reverse DNS
    lookups.
    More DNS and Host Files
     DNS can be exploited or “spoofed.”
     This is done by pointing a DNS record to an IP
    address which it should not correspond to.
     For example, you could point www.google.com to
    127.0.0.1 so it would not load at all, since 127.0.0.1 is
    the loopback IP address.
     The hosts file is often used to add arbitrary
    domain names and forward them to a specific
    IP address locally.
     This is done to override DNS and use the local
    definition for the hostname.
    DNS Root Servers
     There are thirteen root DNS
    servers for the internet which
    store every domain name
    there is in their database.
     There are more than thirteen
    DNS servers in the world but
    they all mirror or replicate off
    of the root servers.
     This can explain why when
    you register a new domain
    they say it can take up to 48
    for your domain to appear
    active.
    Pros and Cons
     Pros  Cons
     Makes it easier to  DNS can be spoofed
    remember website and poisoned locally.
    addresses.  Host files can be
     Easier to remember poisoned to disable a
    computer names over website from being
    your private LAN. viewed locally.

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