DNS, or Domain Name System, is a crucial part of the internet that translates human-friendly domain names into numerical IP addresses. While DNS is a fundamental technology, it often raises questions for people who aren’t familiar with the technicalities. In this article, I’ll discuss 20 frequently asked questions about DNS to give you a better […]
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At the free level, there’s no SSL support on CloudFlare. At the Pro level and above, SSL is supported by CloudFlare. CloudFlare operate two levels of SSL protection – ‘Flexible’, which encrypts only the connection between the end user and CloudFlare, and ‘Full’, which encrypts the connection between CloudFlare and our hosting servers as well. […]
CloudFlare is a free content delivery network service. It stores your static content across multiple servers worldwide. For example, if your website is hosted on one of our Dallas servers, and one of your visitors is from Australia, they will see the content from CloudFlare’s Australian location. It makes the static content of your website […]
CloudFlare integration enables websites to harness the power of the CloudFlare network to deliver the best possible performance, and to provide enhanced security and protection from attackers. CloudFlare also generates in-depth stats and threat analysis. To enable it, log into your online panel, and click on the CloudFlare icon in the ‘Software/Services’ section. The icon […]
Migrating to PowerDNS Before migrating to PowerDNS a few things should be considered. PowerDNS does not operate as a ‘slave’ or ‘master’ server with all backends. The Generic SQL, BIND backends have the ability to act as master or slave. See the table of backends which other backends support these modes. Using AXFR to a […]
An AAAA record, like an A record, translates a hostname (domain name) into an IP address. The only difference here is that an A record refers to a ‘normal’ IPv4 address while an AAAA record refers to the ‘new’ IPv6 address. So you don’t see this type of record much yet, but it is growing. […]
Within the DNS zone of a domain name, there are several types of records. In this article, we explain what an SPF record is. SPF is the abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework. This technique is used to prevent email spoofing . Email spoofing With this form of cybercrime, e-mail (spam) is sent on behalf of […]