Out of all the tools available to home labbers, I think local DNS servers are the most powerful. I've used many variants, from PowerDNS to Technitium, Unbound, BIND9, and CoreDNS, each with its own ...

I think I made a local domain server, but I'm not sure. I'm doing it by reading DNS and Bind. I made A records and PTR records for zones. When I type a domain without the dot, I can get IP information ...

First off, this isn't really my problem to solve, but some of the guys at work are about to spend huge amounts of money on something to do just this. I think that there HAS to be a better solution ...

Don't have a DD-WRT router? Get some of the same DHCP and DNS features with a Raspberry Pi. I love my little Raspberry Pi. The $35 computer has a ton of uses, from the utilitarian to the hobby project ...

Is it weird to say that DNS is my favorite protocol? Because DNS is my favorite protocol. There's something about the simplicity of UDP packets combined with the power of a service that the entire ...

The domain name system (DNS) is a naming database in which internet domain names are located and translated into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The DNS maps the name people use to locate a website ...

Each time you open a browser and type in a web address, there’s a hidden hand sending all the information to your PC to render the page as it should. Those middle-men of your newly loaded webpage are ...

Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...