A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – helps your web browser connect to the internet and load websites properly.

(THE CONVERSATION) When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on Oct. 20, 2025, the affected servers weren’t actually down ...

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Changing your DNS settings is often touted as a way to speed up your internet browsing. But I was skeptical about how much of a difference a simple DNS server change could actually influence my ...

DNSSEC enhances the security of DNS by using cryptographic signatures to validate DNS responses, ensuring their authenticity and integrity. It protects against common threats like DNS spoofing and ...

The Internet has roots reaching back to the late 1950s, but the World Wide Web wasn't made publicly accessible until 1993. We now rely on the global network for everything from basic communication to ...

I'm trying to test out a DNS-over-https proxy, which is listening on a different port than DNS default. Does anyone know if it's possible to get Windows' DNS server to use a different port, or is it ...

What does the "Primary DNS suffix of this computer" setting in the "Computer Name" setting for XP do, and what are the pros and cons of setting it manually vs leaving it blank?<BR><BR>I'm currently ...

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing DNS outage affecting customers worldwide, preventing them from accessing Microsoft ...