Conducting a web search? The Domain Name System converts website names into IP addresses so your computer can understand the query. Here's what that means. Simply put, Domain Name System (DNS) is the ...

Two recent events are once again bringing the internet’s foundational Domain Name System into the news, and not in a good way. The first event involving the DNS last week was a warning from the ...

A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – converts web addresses into IP addresses. Without a DNS server, you won't be able to connect to any websites. If you're having issues with your ...

If you want to be a sysadmin or network administrator of any kind, there's a fundamental technology you really need to understand—DNS, the Domain Name System. There was a time when a sysadmin with no ...

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a major functional component of the modern Internet. We rely on it for just about everything! It’s responsible for translating human-friendly domain names into ...

Google has introduced a new top-level domain for the web to use. It’s .ing, and it seems it exists primarily to challenge the internet and its capacity for creativity. I must admit, I’m struggl.ing to ...

More than a million domain names — including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and brand protection companies — are vulnerable to takeover by cybercriminals thanks to authentication weaknesses at a ...