If you've heard or seen the term DNS or DNS server on your computer, you may be wondering what it means, and how it affects your internet.

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Instead of broadcasting your Domain Name System requests in plaintext, DNS over HTTPS encrypts your requests so that they're ...

Today, half of America’s internet shut down when hackers unleashed a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host. It’s still unclear exactly who carried ...

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 ...

DNS doesn't do anything different. There's no distinction in IP protocols between 'local' and 'wide' area networks.<BR><BR>Windows machines don't usually need DNS (or WINS, which does something ...

This article is for beginners, who have recently get started with the computer and the Internet. If you already know what a DNS server is and how does it work, then please skip this guide because it ...