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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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Internet has roots reaching back to the late 1950s, but the World Wide Web wasn't made publicly accessible until 1993. We now rely on the ...

How to turn on Private DNS mode on your iPhone - and why you should do it ASAP ...

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 ...

Each domain name of a website, such as TechPP.com, has an IP address associated with it, and in order for a web browser to load one of these websites, it needs to know its IP address, which is ...

The DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protocol has gained a lot of traction lately, particularly from some of the top internet browsers and the companies advocating user privacy. It is claimed to be a way for ...

On July 31, 2008, Apple released an overdue patch for a major vulnerability in the way Mac OS X Server handles turning the names in Web sites and e-mail addresses into the numeric addresses used for ...

If you are new to DNS server knowledge, you probably didn’t know that you can change the DNS servers you use when browsing the internet. You might want to do this for a variety of reasons, including ...