An Engineer's Guide to DNS(developer.yahoo.net)
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An Engineer's Guide to DNS
http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2009/11/an_engineers_gu.html
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I could not put it in the article, but for my personal projects I use worldwidedns.net and mtgsy.com. I've also used DNSPark.net but their admin interface is nasty.
Well I can't speak for all domain registrar DNS services, but I've had nothing but great experiences with the free DNS service at Namecheap. It's a nice interface, very configurable, and the updates are fast.
There can definitely be benefits to the very important first visit to a site, particularly if you have a lot of subdomains (images, static, movies, whatever) that need to be resolved. The faster they resolve the faster the site will seem. Unfortunately I can't make any recommendations.
When I looked into this a few years ago dyndns.com was a good affordable service.
dnsmadeeasy.com
'It's hard to observe the DNS directly yet it exerts an obscure, pervasive influence without which everything would fly apart'
They're right, but a tip: dnstrace is brilliant for doing exactly that.
They're right, but a tip: dnstrace is brilliant for doing exactly that.
I like dnstracer better: http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php
dnstracer is actually the tool I meant, oops.
Easy to get confused (especially since from an end user [but not backend] point of view, they're both similar to traceroute).
Easy to get confused (especially since from an end user [but not backend] point of view, they're both similar to traceroute).
A minor irritant: using "the DNS" rather than merely "DNS" (but NOT in the title!). I find that somewhat distracting. Examples:
" It's hard to observe the DNS..."
"Using the DNS is often compared to..."
When should "the DNS" ("the domain name system") become "DNS"? Should it?
I'm currently reading: Steven Pinker's "The Stuff of Thought". My apologies for unshouldering this heavy linguistic burden.
" It's hard to observe the DNS..."
"Using the DNS is often compared to..."
When should "the DNS" ("the domain name system") become "DNS"? Should it?
I'm currently reading: Steven Pinker's "The Stuff of Thought". My apologies for unshouldering this heavy linguistic burden.
Yeah, it bothered me too. :) I was trying to get across that I was talking about a singular world-spanning entity instead of some abstract protocol. I'm not sure of the real grammar rules.
Can anyone recommend a company that provides solid DNS hosting? Are there measurable performance benefits? Thanks!