The root-slave approach allows DNS operators to avoid the risk of future root-server attacks and, if implemented on a wide scale by individuals using a localized DNS or other DNS operators, it ...

The name server sits in the middle of this process, holding all of the records for which websites are located where. The domain name—that being, the website name you enter—isn’t easy for a ...

To use a different DNS server, change the setting to Custom name servers, and enter the primary and secondary addresses. For instance, if you want to use OpenDNS Home, enter 208.67.222.222 and 208 ...

Server racks in server room cloud data center. (Image credit: BigStock/Kwarkot) To much fanfare, Chinese officials last week greenlighted the country’s “first root server,” which acts like a phonebook ...

A China-based root DNS server associated with networking problems in Chile and the U.S. has been disconnected from the Internet. The action by the server’s operator, Netnod, appears to have ...