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Best Free DNS hosting providers

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Do you want to improve your domain availability? A free DNS hosting is a great way to go. While having a free DNS hosting might be a bit limiting, it is an awesome first step to learn more about the DNS. You can use it to experiment, see the improvement and understand better what you want.

The DNS hosting, even a free DNS hosting, could improve the domain’s speed and provide redundancy to the system, so you experience less downtime.

Here we have created a list of a few good free DNS hosting providers that could be ideal for your DNS beginning.

Cloudns

Cloudns.net has a very decent Free DNS plan. The limits that you will have will be up to 4 DNS servers, 1 DNS zone, 50 DNS records, and a good amount of monthly DNS queries – 500k. You will be able to use different types of DNS records, not just the basics, and there are some extras like Dynamic DNS that could come in very handy. Additionally, you will have statistics about your DNS traffic and live-chat support, which is great for a free plan. If you outgrow it, you can upgrade to a paid plan later.

Namecheap

Namecheap.com is another DNS provider that has paid and free DNS plans. Inside its free DNS plan, it offers a few nice surprises, like the possibility to use a Secondary DNS. You can use it for a backup and better redundancy. It has a good set of DNS record types like A, AAAA, MX, NS, ALIAS, CNAME, Web redirects, and more. Here you will also find Dynamic DNS. It has 24/7 tech support. Namecheap.com and Cloudns.net are very alike in their free tier DNS, so if you are thinking about one of them, it could be a good idea to see their premium plans, too, for the future. 

GeoScaling

GeoScaling has one great ace up its sleeve for a totally free service – GeoDNS. It can understand the incoming traffic and redirect the visitors based on their location. That is incredibly useful and rare in a free-tier DNS. Apart from that, it has a good limit of 1M DNS queries per month and good support of DNS record types. Another nice addition is the Dynamic DNS support. The team behind the organization is not as big as in the previous two, but it is an attractive offer nevertheless. 

Buddyns

This free DNS provider offers a free Secondary DNS service, and it is betting on security. It has DNSCurve for encrypting DNS queries for free. Free DNS security is another uncommon feature that is very welcome. You will also benefit from a free DNS monitor, good uptime, and the possibility to use AAAA records. It comes a bit short is the monthly limit of 300K DNS queries, and there is no customer support too, but it offers paid plans. 

Dns4

The last of this list will be the Dns4.pro. It offers interesting features like Anycast DNS and DNSSEC for free. Its shortcomings are that its free plan works with up to 5 domains, no statistics, and 500K DNS queries per month. There is a paid option, but they are not transparent enough about the price, so it might be good to use it just for a smaller project. 

Conclusion

Now, there are a lot more DNS providers, and many have free plans. The free DNS plan is a good hook into the world of DNS. Seeing the improved performance very often leads you to desire more. We can recommend you to think about your needs, current and future ones, and then think about which one of the free DNS hosting providers you would like to try. 

4 common phishing attacks and how to protect yourself?

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The phishing attacks are another deceptive experience criminals have in store for us. Not a surprise, since the Internet and its amazing development have also attracted people from the dark-criminal side.

How to get profits is a question with legal but also illegal answers. And phishing belongs to the second group. It is a fraudulent way to take advantage of people and/or organizations, to get their money. 

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DoS vs DDoS attack (differences)

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Such a title is the introduction to a really heavy menu. Both are perhaps, the most dangerous attacks that can be implemented online. Consequences for targets are absolutely not pleasant. Servers’ outages lead to big losses in terms of time, money, users’ and partners’ trust.

Criminals’ purposes define the strength of the attack.

  • To demand a ransom.
  • To call attention or defending personal or political ideas. 
  • To show power. Some hackers look for respect in their community through such attacks.
  • To delete a rival competitor through these unfair methods.
  • To distract companies’ owners from data breaching. 

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DNS SOA record explained

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To properly understand DNS and its function, we must investigate each of the DNS records, how they work, and why they exist. There are many, but there are a few that we must understand from the start. This is why we will begin by explaining the DNS SOA record.

What is DNS SOA record?

The DNS SOA record is the start of authority. It is the beginning of the chain of authority that the DNS has. It will point which server, from all the nameservers that you have, contains the original zone file. This server will be the authoritative DNS server, and it will have all the important information about the zone.

Inside the DNS SOA record, there you can find information about the zone transfer, the rate of refreshing, and the rate for retry if not refreshed properly. Also, inside it, you will see the DNS administrator’s contact information.

Here you can find the structure of the DNS SOA record!

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DNS MX record explained

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The domain name system (DNS) always has something in store for us to learn. From its architecture to its functionality, different components, and records. And exactly today, it is the turn of DNS MX recorded to be explained.

What is the DNS MX record?

MX stands for mail eXchange record. DNS records are vital for giving instructions for different DNS processes to happen. A DNS mail exchange record (MX) is a resource record that the domain name system uses to point correctly to the exact name of the incoming e-mail server where e-mails have to be sent. Yes, you got it! MX record indicates the responsible server that has to get the e-mails sent to a determined domain.

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5 simple ways to improve my website security

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These are the 5, most essential ways that you can use to improve your website’s security. Apply all of these ways, so you could have far fewer security problems than an average website owner. Better security means fewer problems and better business results.

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How to make my website faster?

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Whether your website has an attractive design or great promotions for users, if loading time takes too long, they will leave, and maybe, they won’t get back. 

Speed has become a critical factor in guaranteeing a satisfactory user experience and better ranking on the search engines. 

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DNS CNAME record explained

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Expanding the knowledge about DNS records, we can’t skip another of the essential DNS CNAME record. 

DNS CNAME record explained

The full name of the CNAME record is Canonical name record. The Canonical Name is demonstrating which exactly is the real name of a domain. In that direction of thought, the DNS CNAME record serves the purpose to point which is the true canonical domain name of one domain name. 

Find out the most common uses of the CNAME record!

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What is DNS Failover?

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Whatever we do, there will be failures. The computer can break down; the connection can get saturated; a bug can cripple a server, or whatever other reason can lead to a big problem. But can a person stay 24-hour a day monitoring our DNS servers? There is a better solution, a service that will monitor your DNS traffic and act if there is a problem, and it is called DNS Failover.

DNS Failover explained

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What is Domain Parking?

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To park a domain means you put it on hold. It’s like you get a domain name, but you don’t relate it with services (web hosting, email). You park it to use it later, so it just shows a landing or holding page on it. Commonly, it displays a message that can be your contact info or a specific reason for the domain to be parked, “under construction”.

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