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Question What Is A DNS Server

A DNS server is a computer that contains a database of network names and addresses. It helps users find websites and internet domains by translating domain names to IP addresses. The DNS is a distributed, hierarchical system where root servers at the top level contain the complete database and lower level servers maintain only certain pieces. When a DNS server receives a request not in its database, it passes the request up the hierarchy until a match is found and the response is passed back down.

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Question What Is A DNS Server

A DNS server is a computer that contains a database of network names and addresses. It helps users find websites and internet domains by translating domain names to IP addresses. The DNS is a distributed, hierarchical system where root servers at the top level contain the complete database and lower level servers maintain only certain pieces. When a DNS server receives a request not in its database, it passes the request up the hierarchy until a match is found and the response is passed back down.

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Question: What Is a DNS Server?

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a standard technology for managing the names of Web sites and other
Internet domains DNS technology allo!s you to ty"e names into your Web bro!ser li#e
compnetworking.about.com and your com"uter to automatically find that address on the Internet $ #ey
element of the DNS is a !orld!ide collection of DNS servers What% then% is a DNS server?
Answer: $ DNS server is any com"uter registered to &oin the Domain Name System $ DNS server runs
s"ecial'"ur"ose net!or#ing soft!are% features a "ublic I( address% and contains a database of net!or# names
and addresses for other Internet hosts
DNS Root Servers
DNS servers communicate !ith each other using "rivate net!or# "rotocols $ll DNS servers are organi)ed
in a hierarchy $t the to" level of the hierarchy% so'called root servers store the com"lete database of Internet
domain names and their corres"onding I( addresses The Internet em"loys *+ root servers that have become
some!hat famous for their s"ecial role ,aintained by various inde"endent agencies% the servers are a"tly
named $% -% . and so on u" to , Ten of these servers reside in the /nited States% one in 0a"an% one in
1ondon% /2 and one in Stoc#holm% S!eden
DNS Server Hierarchy
The DNS is a distributed system% meaning that only the *+ root servers contain the com"lete database of
domain names and I( addresses $ll other DNS servers are installed at lo!er levels of the hierarchy and
maintain only certain "ieces of the overall database
,ost lo!er level DNS servers are o!ned by businesses or Internet Service (roviders (IS(s) 3or e4am"le%
5oogle maintains various DNS servers around the !orld that manage the googlecom% googlecou#% and
other domains 6our IS( also maintains DNS servers as "art of your Internet connection setu"
DNS net!or#ing is based on the client 7 server architecture 6our Web bro!ser functions as a DNS client
(also called DNS resolver) and issues re8uests to your Internet "rovider9s DNS servers !hen navigating
bet!een Web sites
When a DNS server receives a re8uest not in its database (such as a geogra"hically far a!ay or rarely visited
Web site)% it tem"orarily transforms from a server to a DNS client The server automatically "asses that
re8uest to another DNS server or u" to the ne4t higher level in the DNS hierarchy as needed :ventually the
re8uest arrives at a server that has the matching name and I( address in its database (all the !ay to the root
level if necessary)% and the res"onse flo!s bac# through the chain of DNS servers to your client
DNS Servers and Home Networking
.om"uters on your home net!or# locate a DNS server through the Internet connection setu" "ro"erties
(roviders give their customers the "ublic I( address(es) of "rimary and bac#u" DNS servers 6ou can find
the current I( addresses of your DNS server configuration via several methods:
on the configuration screens of a home net!or# router
on the T.(7I( connection "ro"erties screens in Windo!s .ontrol (anel (if configured via that
method)
from ipconfig or similar command line utility

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