DNS Management
Your hub for DNS control. Learn to point your domain and manage A, CNAME, MX, and TXT records to direct your site’s traffic effectively.
Your hub for DNS control. Learn to point your domain and manage A, CNAME, MX, and TXT records to direct your site’s traffic effectively.
Control your online identity. Learn to manage domains, edit DNS records (A, CNAME, MX), and point your site to your server with our guides.
Learn to enable AAAA, CAA, DMARC, SRV, & TXT DNS records in cPanel by modifying a package’s feature list in WHM’s Feature Manager for advanced DNS control.
Learn to use the `dig` command to query DNS servers. Understand its output, common queries like A, MX, NS, and advanced options like +trace.
Troubleshooting DNS? We’ve compiled a list of recommended tools to help you check DNS records, diagnose issues, and speed up problem-solving.
Use the whois tool to check domain ownership, registration, and name servers—great for DNS troubleshooting at Liquid Web.
DNSSEC uses public-key cryptography to sign DNS records with private keys and verify them with public keys, ensuring DNS data integrity and authenticity.
Guide to manage DNS in Plesk: edit, add, or remove records, then update to apply changes for your domain.
DNS zone transfers aid in managing redundant DNS servers, but if your LiquidWeb server isn’t a DNS server, they pose a security risk. Best practice is to disable them by adding a line to the named.conf file in the /etc folder.
A Glue Record links an IP to a static cache, ensuring consistent site access without DNS lookups, and is typically used for nameservers, held by the registrar.
Disabling recursive DNS requests is crucial to prevent amplification attacks.
DNS records link URLs to IP addresses, ensuring correct site visibility. This article focuses on reverse DNS (rDNS), crucial for email sending. Without rDNS, emails may be rejected as spam.