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    Types of DNS Records

    Publisher: Psychz Networks September 07,2020

    DNS records are very important for the internet to keep working as client expect it to. And that is why there are existing and records being added as the need grows. At Psychz, we use following list of DNS records that you can choose from as per your requirement

    A - 'A' record is the most important type of DNS record and it stands for 'Address' because it points to the IP address of the specified domain. 'A' records only hold Ipv4 addresses.

    AAAA - 'AAAA' record is same as the 'A' record and only holds IPv6 addresses.

    CAA - Allows you to control which Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue SSL certificates for specific domains in your organization. By doing this you can avoid having your website going down because of an SSL Certificate issue.

    CNAME - he CNAME or Canonical NAME is a record that is sometimes used in position of an A record when you use alias of another domain for your domain or subdomain. In simpler words, a domain with a CNAME record points you to another domain with a CNAME or a domain with an A record.

    MX - Mail Exchange (MX) records are DNS records that are necessary for delivering email to your address. An MX (mail exchange) record is an entry in your DNS zone file which specifies a mail server to handle a domain's email. You must configure an MX record to receive email to your domain.

    NS - Name Server record or NS record holds the information of the DNS server that contains actual DNS record of your domain.

    SRV - An SRV (Service) records are custom DNS records that are used to establish connections between a service and a hostname. SRV records are used to define a symbolic name and the transport protocol used as part of the domain name. It defines the priority, weight, port, and target for the service in the record content.

    TXT - TXT record which is actually a 'Text' record that allows you to enter text into the DNS record that is intended to be a note. One can add ownership verification of the domain to notify that you are the real owner of the domain.

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