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DNS reddit704d119SOA Requests directly from the endpoint rather than...
Hi All, if we use a firewall for a DNS server and set up conditional forwarding for internal dns zones any reason we are still seeing SOA requests come directly from the endpoint? submitted by /u/brimanyo [link]...
DNS reddit704d662Porkbun DNS vs Cloudflare DNS
Cloudflare has a nice feature matrix to see what the free and pay tiers offer. I cannot find the same with Porkbun. It's difficult to make a comparison. However, Porkbun says it uses CF as its DNS. How does Porkbun...
DNS reddit706d93Hoping for some advice on email forwarding
If I own a domain 'example.com', is there a way to handle where emails forward to differently for different emails? e.g [ dave@example.com ](mailto: dave@example.com ) should go to Dave's gmail account, but [...
DNS reddit706d94Scavenging enabled but taking no action
Hi guys, hoping someone more experienced with DNS can point out to me what I'm missing. Server 2019 but still in a 2012R2 DFL (in process of migrating). Over a month ago I enabled scavenging at the PDC and set for all...
DNS reddit706d76Afraid DNS record auto-updater security code fail
shell $ curl -b dns_cookie=XXXXXXXXXX -d type=TXT -d subdomain=personaldomain.publicsharedomain.1LD -d domain_id=0000 -d data_id=0000 -d address=%22hello_world%22 https://freedns.afraid.org/subdomain/save.php?step=2...
DNS reddit707d85DNS Intermittent Issue, Need Help Fixing
Hi everyone. I have an issue with my external DNS server. Right now we are using 2 Windows Server 2008 R2 as external DNS servers. The issue right now is that when I try to look at MxToolBox, it sometimes can detect the...
DNS reddit707d582Should there be downtime during a nameserver change?
I'm switching nameservers for several domain names from the registrar to the webhost, and there have been some hiccups. If I have my zone records set up properly at the webhost, should there be any downtime during the...
DNS reddit707d85Authoritative DNS server vs. name server vs. NS records
I am confused between authoritative dns servers, name servers and NS records. I think Authoritative DNS server and Name Server are two terms for essentially same thing: server that holds DNS records for a particular...
DNS reddit707d72Why Afraid DNS ask that we own a domain before putting any..
I mean, what is the whole point of the free tier of Afraid DNS if we can't use said free domain? I want to setup a mail on it, it says to own the domain before making a domain verification with mail service; I want to...
DNS reddit707d88Cannot connect to Google services with any DNS provider...
Hi, I am having so much trouble with Google services since the beginning of the year. It takes forever to connect to google services when I am not using Google's DNS. I tried the default one on my DHCP server, tried...
DNS reddit707d79DNS issues connection a custom domain to Webflow website
Hi there! Hope someone can guide me in the right direction! What am I missing? I’ve added the DNS records to the domain provider DNS panel, but every time I try to verify the domain on Webflow, the following pop-up...
DNS reddit707d90Godaddy Hostname VPS
I have a VPS through Godaddy and im trying to have the hostname when you search the IP to populate publicly with a simpler hostname, I have updated the hostname in settings and in WHM. That did not seem to work. I...
DNS reddit708d545MTA STS with only sub domain access - is it possible?
Hello, I have a client enquiring about implementing MTA STS but they have their DNS hosted by a provider who retains control of the TLD and there are many [companies].[TLD without control].[xxx] Given this scenario,...
DNS reddit708d66Question on DNS round robin
So i have a mail server that's just been migrated to a new network, so it can be seen as two separate IPs depending on which network path a mail server takes to reach it. To that end, i set up the MX record pointing to...
DNS reddit708d64Vercel & Cloudflare not working - I keep getting "...
Could someone assist with this? I have tried stackoverflow, chatgpt and what not but nothing seems to work submitted by /u/Klutzy-Plantain445 [link] [comments]
DNS reddit708d69DNS Provider with HTTPS (type 65) record support?
Does anyone know of a service like FreeDNS that supports SVCB / HTTPS resource records (per draft spec RFC 9460)? I know I can use the Alt-Srv http header to upgrade future connections to HTTP/3, but am hoping to use...
DNS reddit709d61Question about AdGuard Home
Hello there, I'm no networking expert, so this may be a really dumb question: I'm thinking of getting a cloud server in france (which shouldn't be dmca ignored, so I can't certainly use it for OpenVPN) and I was thinking...
DNS reddit710d71Unbound unable to resolve custom AAAA records
/etc/unbound/unbound.conf: ``` --- snip --- local-data: server AAAA fd4e:d560:797b::1234::1 --- snip --- ``` dig server output: ``` ; DiG 9.16.22 server ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; - HEADER -...
DNS reddit710d65DNS and SSL issue with non-www version of URL / domain
Hey there, Wasn't sure whether to post this in DNS, SSL or Squarespace, but my guess is it's a DNS issue, so here goes, and TIA for any help. Right now, https://liveinpeace.org without the www returns security...
DNS reddit711d571Problem with enable bind9 service in Ubuntu22
I just installed bund9 package and checked status it’s good no issue but I tried to enable bind9 then showing this root@client1:~# systemctl enable bind9 Failed to enable unit: Refusing to operate on alias name or...
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