Changing your DNS settings can have all sorts of benefits, from security to speed. But what is DNS exactly, and how does it make the web the way it is today?

Many technologies underlie our internet use, yet we hardly think about them. One of many examples of this is the domain name system (DNS) server. You’ve probably only contemplated DNS servers if ...

A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – helps your web browser connect to the internet and load websites properly.

A DNS server stands for Domain Name System Server, and it is the process that translates a web site address, such as www.pcgamer.com to the IP Address 185.113.25.59. This process, termed recursion ...

If you've heard or seen the term DNS or DNS server on your computer, you may be wondering what it means, and how it affects your internet.

We explain what is DNS Aging & DNS Scavenging & show you how to Enable & Configure DNS Aging and Scavenging on Windows Server computer.

Last week, DNS provider Dyn was unavailable for a good part of Friday. I blogged late that day about how a computer using OpenDNS was able to access a particular website, while another computer, a ...