What is a DNS server? How Domain Name System servers connect you to the internet

A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – helps your web browser connect to the internet and load websites properly.

Amazon identifies the issue that broke much of the internet, says AWS is back to normal

The outage affected websites like Coinbase and Fortnite, and disrupted services like Signal, Zoom, and Amazon's own products, including Ring.
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Adding a DNS server to my routing computer

1 server, 2 clients, 1 cable modem. <P>Server has 2 nics, we share using NAT software. Basically, this is the servers purpose. It runs 2k AS. <P>Now, I know that 2K AS has a built in DNS server. I know people sometimes turn useless boxes into DNS servers ...

8 ways to fix 'DNS server not responding' errors on a Mac or PC

"DNS server not responding" errors show up when your computer and internet connection aren't communicating correctly.
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MaginotDNS attacks exploit weak checks for DNS cache poisoning

A team of researchers from UC Irvine and Tsinghua University has developed a new powerful cache poisoning attack named 'MaginotDNS,' that targets Conditional DNS (CDNS) resolvers and can compromise entire TLDs top-level domains. The attack is made possible ...
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"Primary DNS suffix of this computer": what does it do?

What does the "Primary DNS suffix of this computer" setting in the "Computer Name" setting for XP do, and what are the pros and cons of setting it manually vs leaving it blank?<BR><BR>I'm currently testing a 3rd-party Radius server that talks to active ...

What caused AWS outage?

It wasn’t a hack, but instead it had a Domain Name System or DNS error that occurred at AWS’s US-EAST-1 location in northern Virginia.
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