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Client-side DNS is a system on most modern operating systems that allows a user or administrator to specify that a certain DNS entry will correspond to a particular IP address. In most cases (that is to say, "by default") a client-side entry will be used if it exists. So, if you entered into a hosts file a domain name, and an IP address, the user using any network software would be directed to the IP address you specified, rather than the one specified by external DNS records. (In other words, you can make a domain point wherever you wanted for that machine.)
This is useful when you want to use things like virtual hosts in a local web server. You can enter any name you'd like (normally with an unused top level domain extension) and have it point back at that machine (127.0.0.1 is the loopback IP.) In a network environment, you might choose to do this so you can use friendly names, rather than remembering the specific IP address, but in most of those cases a local DNS server is used, rather than client-side DNS, now.
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What does the acronym ''DNS SRV'' stand for?
The acronym "DNS SRV" stands for Domain Name System Service Record. "DNS" stands for "Domain Name System", while the acronym "SRV" stands for "Service Record".
Who invented the DNS protocol?
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dns used to find the mail server for a domain?
Tcp ipv6 urgent help please asap?
i was messing with my router settings because my xbox live wouldn't connect. on my ipv6 menu there was like 6 choices. ---automatically obtain ip address ---use the following ipv6 address -subnet prefix length -default gateway -obtain dns server automtaically -use the following dns server addresses -preferred dns server -alternate dns server before i messed with it, it had manual settings and it had ip's. but i changed the choice to automatically obtain ipv6 address and the dns server. so it got rid of those numbers that were originally there. and i don't remember those numbers. how do i get the original numbers back? because im trying to hook up to xbox live and now it wont connect at all. so i have a feeling its because i messed with the ipv6 settings. so what do i do???????
