Explanation of various domain name records?

Posted by Kumar on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Kumar
Published on 2012-11-10T07:22:48Z Indexed on 2012/11/10 11:07 UTC
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At the time of hosting, normally we just change name servers in the domain control panel. It's fine if both mail and web servers are the same. When they're different, we need to change the DNS records.

When I try to point my blog to my domain name, I came to know about the various types of DNS records - A Records, AAA Records, MX Records, CNAME Records, NS Records, TXT Records, SRV Records, SOA Records, etc. I searched on Google, but would like to know more about these deeply.

I found this link on the Internet - http://www.directnic.com/help/faq/?question_id=103 and got some idea about the different DNS records. But I have some more questions.

  • How do the domain name records work?

  • Is there any difference between NS record and other records in the way they work?

  • Where should the NS record point to when using A record, CNAME record and MX record?

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