I pretty much understand DNS and what it does. From my understanding, as long as there isn't a DNS server on the network then if I type \\somecomputername\ into explorer then I shouldn't be able to ...

Each time you open a browser and type in a web address, there’s a hidden hand sending all the information to your PC to render the page as it should. Those middle-men of your newly loaded webpage are ...

If you want to be a sysadmin or network administrator of any kind, there’s a fundamental technology you really need to understand—DNS, the Domain Name System. There was a time when a sysadmin with no ...

Sometimes it's best to go back to the basics and examine how things work. In this Daily Feature, Bryan Pfaffenberger explains what the domain name service does. Why not configure your own DNS server?

Ever wonder how DNS works? The Domain Name System is one of the most important Internet technologies, but few web developers understand how it actually works behind the scenes... Health officials warn ...

Despite a welcome and needed DNS revamp, preventable abuse continues. The Domain Name System (DNS), known as the phone book for the internet, was recently retuned to improve performance as well as ...

The websites we visit are scattered across a vast, messy web of underground cables, racks of metallic boxes, and a myriad of routers that we’ve come to call the internet. So when you punch in an ...