Abstract
- Stores DNS Record
Root DNS Server
- Returns the IP Address for Top-Level Domain DNS Server
Top-Level Domain DNS Server
- Returns IP Address of Authoritative DNS Server
- DNS Server that manages top-level domains like
ninja&cometc or Country top-level domains likeuk&jpetc
Authoritative DNS Server
- Return IP Address of Hostname base on A Record
- May return IP Address of another Authoritative DNS Server
- Can be On-prem or using a third party service provider like Cloudflare
Local DNS Server
- Also known as Default Name Server
- Self implementation in a Local Area Network (LAN)
- Acts like a Forward Proxy (正向代理), forwarding queries to other DNS Server