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DNS: Records and Messages

Explore the structure and function of DNS resource records including A, CNAME, and MX types. Understand how DNS queries and replies form messages, their format, and the role of zone files and transfers. This lesson helps grasp how DNS operates as a distributed database supporting domain name resolution.

Resource Records

The DNS distributed database consists of entities called RRs, or Resource Records.

Format

RRs contain some or all of the following ...