DNS Record Types
¨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 “ this system contains sensitive info”