Basem Khawaja
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DNS more information is needed.
I need some help in understanding what is the "DNS"? What is it exactly? Do I need to have it? If so which one do you recommend?
Thank you,
Basem Khawaja
Thank you,
Basem Khawaja
You only need to understand / have it if you are making a website with your own selected name, eg www.basem.com. You buy the name from a DNS provider and they tell you the DNS numbers for their server, which you give to your host (where you buy the place to store your website) and then when people type the www.basem.com domain in the DNS provider turns it into a number that now points to the lovely website you made.
If you go with free website solutions they do all this stuff. Better off Googling for details as lots already written about this, as you can see from the quickly copy pasted info above! Good luck with your voyage of discovery. None of us knew this stuff once, hope this helps get you going.
If you go with free website solutions they do all this stuff. Better off Googling for details as lots already written about this, as you can see from the quickly copy pasted info above! Good luck with your voyage of discovery. None of us knew this stuff once, hope this helps get you going.
Basem, with all respect: this is another question like the previous one about "what is VPN and do I need it?".
->Put it into context to get better answers. This reads really funny, without context, this is like asking "what is hayfever and do I need it?" :-)
->Put it into context to get better answers. This reads really funny, without context, this is like asking "what is hayfever and do I need it?" :-)
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DNS - Distributes Name Services
Description is in RFC 1034 - https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1034.txt
Other RFC's might describe info about added RR's (Resource Records liek A, AAAA etc.)
If you need it? I have no idea about your requirements i am not clearvoyant, maybe provide some context to this question.
What are your intentions, what tooling is used etc.
Description is in RFC 1034 - https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1034.txt
Other RFC's might describe info about added RR's (Resource Records liek A, AAAA etc.)
If you need it? I have no idea about your requirements i am not clearvoyant, maybe provide some context to this question.
What are your intentions, what tooling is used etc.
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Mcknife, N8iveIT
I am not really sure how to reply to your comment> It seems that you are the website police and you keep monitoring what I am asking and it makes me wonder why would you want to do this? Whether I asked one question or 100 using the same method or not that is how I do things. Apparently I need to construct the question based on your criteria. I am NOT an expert once again. I have not had any other expert ever replied to me in an insulting manner like you do. Perhaps I should have indicated what the DNS stands for(Domain Name System). I do realize that acronyms based on which area being referred to could stand for different things but when it comes to the internet I thought that was the only thing it meant. Your example "hayfever" that was a poor example! I am sure anyone could go to webmd and get a definition and I don't think anyone would want to contract any form of illness. If I was an expert which I am not I would be first very respectful of other people and not sound and shape, form or manner insulting to their intelligence. If what I wrote made you laugh as you mentioned "it reads really funny" I am glad it . This is a professional community and we ought to be respectful of others. Just like if you would what is Tylenol? and do I need it . I would tell you that it is an analgesic and antipyretic . You may need it if you have headache, osteoarthritis, backache, fever, inflammation, swelling and pain. I am not going to reply by saying I am not a mind reader or clairvoyant. Thank you all. May God bless you.
I am not really sure how to reply to your comment> It seems that you are the website police and you keep monitoring what I am asking and it makes me wonder why would you want to do this? Whether I asked one question or 100 using the same method or not that is how I do things. Apparently I need to construct the question based on your criteria. I am NOT an expert once again. I have not had any other expert ever replied to me in an insulting manner like you do. Perhaps I should have indicated what the DNS stands for(Domain Name System). I do realize that acronyms based on which area being referred to could stand for different things but when it comes to the internet I thought that was the only thing it meant. Your example "hayfever" that was a poor example! I am sure anyone could go to webmd and get a definition and I don't think anyone would want to contract any form of illness. If I was an expert which I am not I would be first very respectful of other people and not sound and shape, form or manner insulting to their intelligence. If what I wrote made you laugh as you mentioned "it reads really funny" I am glad it . This is a professional community and we ought to be respectful of others. Just like if you would what is Tylenol? and do I need it . I would tell you that it is an analgesic and antipyretic . You may need it if you have headache, osteoarthritis, backache, fever, inflammation, swelling and pain. I am not going to reply by saying I am not a mind reader or clairvoyant. Thank you all. May God bless you.
To me it seems you are not trying to understand my point but your feedback rather suggests that I am bullying you. Have a closer look. I wrote "with all respect..." to show you that I am not trying to bother you. It was meant for your own good: put things into context to get better advice, to make it easier for experts to answer and to save everyone's time. I can guarantee you based on decades of forum experience that investing by writing some more lines will always pay off.
Basem, please accept my apologies and good luck with your questions.
Basem, please accept my apologies and good luck with your questions.
In defense of McKnife's point (wording aside), do you need to know:
1. How it works in everyday use?
2. Where it applies (in general)?
3. If your company needs it? If yes to this, in what context ... your website, your internal Linux / Unix / Windows network or for another purpose?
4. Or ...
I think McKnife was simply trying to bring humor to his answer and this thread in a "pharmaceutical" way ...
1. How it works in everyday use?
2. Where it applies (in general)?
3. If your company needs it? If yes to this, in what context ... your website, your internal Linux / Unix / Windows network or for another purpose?
4. Or ...
I think McKnife was simply trying to bring humor to his answer and this thread in a "pharmaceutical" way ...
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Thank you everyone.
Assuming you are browsing the web using site names rather than IP addresses, you need to use a DNS service of some sort. For simple systems, DNS is usually provided by your ISP, unless you have trouble with this, or are trying to do something advanced, this is what to use.
If, for instance, you want to browse to https://www.experts-exchange.com. your computer needs to know an IP address to connect to. Your computer will ask the DNS server what the IP is, in this case 104.20.168.10. You computer now connects to 104.20.168.10.
Conceptually it is pretty simple, however there are a LOT of extensions and complexity to DNS, and it keeps getting more complex.