Types of DNS records
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WINDOWSDNS
- SOA (Start of Authority)
- Created when a zone is created
- Has settings like TTL, Primary server, responsible person, Expires after, etc
- A and AAAA (Host)
- Map FQDN to IP address
- NS records
- List all authoritative DNS servers for the zone
- MX (Mail exchanger)
- Specify MX server (Exchange or o365)
- CNAME (Canonical/Alias)
- PTR (Pointer)
- IP to FQDN
- SRV
- Specify location of service
- Helps locate the nearest DC for example