{"id":156360,"date":"2025-11-20T18:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=156360"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:46:08","slug":"what-are-dns-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/what-are-dns-records\/","title":{"rendered":"What are DNS records?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When visitors enter a domain name into their browser, the request is sent to a DNS server which determines where to send the request. You can think of DNS records like an internet phone book, translating domain names, such as example.com, into a machine readable Internet Protocol (IP) address. It\u2019s these records that allow browsers to find and display your website.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DNS records contain these critical pieces of information<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong>: The domain name, such as example.com.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Type<\/strong>: There are types of DNS records. See the table below for details:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Record Type<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Function<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Example<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A<\/td><td>Maps a domain name (or subdomain) to an <strong>IPv4<\/strong> (Internet Protocol version 4) address. This is the most common record for websites.<\/td><td>Translates <strong>example.com<\/strong> to&nbsp; <strong>192.0.2.1<\/strong>.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AAAA<\/td><td>Maps a domain name (or subdomain) to an <strong>IPv6<\/strong> (Internet Protocol version 6) address. IPv6 was developed to allow a larger number of IP addresses<\/td><td>Translates example.com to <strong>2001:db8::1<\/strong>.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CNAME<\/td><td>Creates an alias, mapping one domain or subdomain to another domain name (not directly to an IP address).<\/td><td>Translates <strong>www.example.com<\/strong> to&nbsp; <strong>example.com<\/strong>.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MX<\/td><td>Specifies the mail server responsible for accepting emails on behalf of the domain. Includes a priority value.<\/td><td>Translates emails sent to @<a href=\"http:\/\/example.com\">example.com<\/a> to 10 mail.example.com<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SRV<\/td><td>A specialized record that defines the <strong>location<\/strong> (the hostname and <strong>port number<\/strong>) of servers providing <strong>specific services<\/strong> for a domain.<\/td><td><em>_sip._tcp.example.com. 3600 IN SRV 10 50 5060 <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/sipserver.example.com\"><em>sipserver.example.com<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>translates to:<strong>Service:<\/strong> <em>_sip<\/em> (Session Initiation Protocol, used for VoIP)<strong>Protocol<\/strong>: <em>_tcp<\/em> ( Transmission Control Protocol)<strong>Priority<\/strong>: <em>10<\/em><strong>Weight<\/strong>: <em>50<\/em><strong>Port<\/strong>: <em>5060<\/em><strong>Target<\/strong>: <em>sipserver.example.com<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CAA<\/td><td>A DNS record type that enhances the security of SSL\/TLS certificates for a domain.<br>These records are basically a whitelist of Certificate Authorities for your site.&nbsp;<br>CAA records have three parts:<strong>Flag<\/strong>: An integer (usually <em>0<\/em>). Controls the Certificate Authority\u2019s behavior when it encounters a tag it doesn&#8217;t understand. <em>0<\/em> means <strong>non-critical<\/strong>, and the CA can proceed.<strong>Tag<\/strong>: Defines the policy type being set.<strong>Values<\/strong>: The data associated with the tag (usually the domain name of the authorized CA).<\/td><td><em>example.com. IN CAA 0 issue &#8220;myca.org&#8221;<\/em>Only allows <strong>myca<\/strong> to issue certificates for the domain.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TXT<\/td><td>Allows an administrator to store <strong>arbitrary text data<\/strong> for various purposes, such as verifying domain ownership or setting up email security policies (like SPF and DKIM).<\/td><td>To use Google services, you must add a TXT record provided by Google.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When visitors enter a domain name into their browser, the request is sent to a DNS server which determines where to send the request. You can think of DNS records like an internet phone book, translating domain names, such as example.com, into a machine readable Internet Protocol (IP) address. 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