DNS resolvers play a key role in converting Web links to IP addresses, acting as a link between your computer and the Internet's DNS infrastructure. A DNS resolver is a local server that stores a ...

To understand why DNS failures can be so disruptive, it's helpful to know how the Domain Name System is constructed. The internet contains over 378 million registered domain names, far too many for a ...

A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – converts web addresses into IP addresses. Without a DNS server, you won't be able to connect to any websites. If you're having issues with your ...

Why it matters: DNS is one of the last protocols that run unencrypted on the Internet. Microsoft is trying to fix that on Windows by enabling DNS over HTTPS support. This allows DNS queries to be ...

Microsoft has unveiled a preview of a system using which it intends to lock down the Domain Name System, the system that translates IP addresses to human-readable domains, on Windows. The system, ...

Domain Name System (DNS) is often called the phonebook or the librarian of the Internet. When you type in an address, for example techradar.com, this is translated into an Internet Protocol address.

How to view DNS cache entries with the new systemd-resolved resolver Your email has been sent If your Linux servers or desktops are experiencing networking issues, you might want to view your DNS ...

The cause of major internet outages is often the domain name system (DNS) and/or problems at Amazon Web Services’ US East region. The cloud giant has now made a change that will make its own role in ...

Peter Sunde of Pirate Bay fame has had it. Now that the US government is ordering domain names of copyright infringers to be removed from the global DNS, Sunde has sounded a call to arms to create a ...

Amazon Web Services is introducing a DNS emergency feature. It is intended to enable DNS changes in the event of disruptions in the US-East region.