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Much appreciated leew.<br />
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a-re cnames ever used in conjuntion with MX records?<br />
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-When/how is SOA and nameserver used? Would you mind giving a brief description?<br />
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Thanks! &nbsp;
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Much appreciated leew.

a-re cnames ever used in conjuntion with MX records?

-When/how is SOA and nameserver used? Would you mind giving a brief description?

Thanks!  

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Hi dissolved,<br />
&gt;&nbsp;a-re cnames ever used in conjuntion with MX records?<br />
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They could be. &nbsp;If you registered your mail server as &quot;god.mydomain.com&quot; but wanted people to access it as &quot;mail.mydomain.com&quot; you would create a CNAME for mail to god.<br />
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&gt;&nbsp;-When/how is SOA and nameserver used? Would you mind giving a brief description?<br />
Sorry - I'm not quite sure how _I_ can describe this - but here's another link that might help you:<br />
<a href="http://www.rscott.org/dns/soa.html" rel="ugc">http://www.rscott.org/dns/soa.html</a><br />
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Cheers!
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Hi dissolved,
> a-re cnames ever used in conjuntion with MX records?

They could be.  If you registered your mail server as "god.mydomain.com" but wanted people to access it as "mail.mydomain.com" you would create a CNAME for mail to god.

> -When/how is SOA and nameserver used? Would you mind giving a brief description?
Sorry - I'm not quite sure how _I_ can describe this - but here's another link that might help you:
http://www.rscott.org/dns/soa.html [http://www.rscott.org/dns/soa.html]

Cheers!

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Authorative servers. What is the difference between them and non-authorative?<br />
thanks guys
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Authorative servers. What is the difference between them and non-authorative?
thanks guys

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I'd greatly appreciate if someone could give me a quick run down on a few DNS terms? Answers in here would be preferred but if know of any good links please post. <br />
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PTR - used for reverse lookup zones. So you can do nslookups?<br />
A records - maps host name to IP<br />
CNAME ? <br />
SOA ? <br />
nameserver? <br />
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thanks
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I'd greatly appreciate if someone could give me a quick run down on a few DNS terms? Answers in here would be preferred but if know of any good links please post. 

PTR - used for reverse lookup zones. So you can do nslookups?
A records - maps host name to IP
CNAME ? 
SOA ? 
nameserver? 

thanks

DNS terms

Networking is the process of connecting computing devices, peripherals and terminals together through a system that uses wiring, cabling or radio waves that enable their users to communicate, share information and interact over distances. Often associated are issues regarding operating systems, hardware and equipment, cloud and virtual networking, protocols, architecture, storage and management.

Networking

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.