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Complete guide to Secondary DNS service

To have a Secondary DNS service is really recommended. It means the redundancy you need and more attractive benefits. Don’t worry if you still don’t know what it is about! We have a complete guide to Secondary DNS service for you to know everything!

What is a Secondary DNS service?

Secondary DNS is an extra service you can add to your Primary DNS. It supplies an additional network of name servers for storing copies of the zone file with the DNS records of your domain. These servers can automatically copy the Primary DNS zone file and provide extra points of presence (PoPs) for your domain. This way, the users will definitely resolve your domain quicker. Even if your Primary DNS experiences downtime! Great, isn’t it?

The Secondary DNS service is also called Backup DNS or Slave DNS. In addition, something essential to know is that the it doesn’t allow modifications on DNS records because it only stores copies. Changes can be made just on your Primary DNS.

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Zone transfer – What is it and when is it used?

Before starting this article, you need to have basic knowledge about the DNS zones. They are the administrative partition of the Domain Name System (DNS). Inside the DNS zones, there you can see all the DNS records for a domain name. The way to move them from a DNS server to another is called a zone transfer. You will use it when you want to improve the availability and performance of your domain and add additional DNS servers. 

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Get familiar with the Recursive DNS server

Recursive DNS server is really important. Without it, looking for something on the Internet could be really frustrating. Right now, you can reach this article thanks to a Recursive DNS server’s service! They work a lot to our benefit, but we don’t realize it because they are kind of low-profile components. 

Let’s get familiar with the Recursive DNS server to give it proper credit!

What’s a Recursive DNS server?

A Recursive DNS server or DNS resolver is a professional searcher. Yes, it’s the one that searches for the necessary data to answer users’ DNS requests.

Tasks of the Recursive DNS server

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What does an Authoritative DNS server mean?

DNS is the keystone for the Internet to work. And it sounds simpler than it actually is! DNS is a massive infrastructure integrated by different components in charge of many processes. We could go long just talking about servers because not all of them comply with the same functions. They are different!

Let’s dig into the Authoritative DNS server meaning!

What does an Authoritative DNS server mean?

Authority is explicitly stated in this server’s name. The Authoritative DNS server is the authority for its corresponding zone. It stores the original zone records, important DNS data related to domains. 

What is Primary DNS server and how does it work?

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What is the purpose of TLD?

You have seen already plenty of TLD extensions – .com, .org, .net, and even some more exotic like .ninja, .dance, or .fail. But why do they exist? What is the purpose of TLD? Now you will know the answers!

What is the Top-level domain (TLD)?

The Top-Level Domain (TLD) is the second-highest level of the DNS. It is the extension, just after the second-level domain name of a website. Most popular ones are .com, .net, and .org. There are many TLDs out there, and they are two main categories. Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLD) that are used to indicate the different countries in the world and Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) that could be anything with or without meaning.

Types of Top-Level Domains

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