¨Address (A)
record
Maps a domain name to
a specific IP address
Eg. www IN A
130.182.3.1
¨Host Information
(HINFO) record
Describes host type
associated with host name
Eg. www IN HINFO Solaris8
¨Mail Exchange (MX)
record
Identifies a mail
system accepting mail for the given domain
Eg.
calstatela.edu MX 10 mars
¨Name Server (NS)
record
Identifies DNS servers
of domain
Eg. calstatela.edu IN
NS eagle
¨Text (TXT)
record
Used for comments
Eg. serverx IN TXT
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