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What is Authoritative DNS?

April 26, 2017authoritative DNS

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What is Authoritative DNS?

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A. Authoritative DNS refers to the servers in the Domain Name System that are responsible for giving the “authoritative” IP address for the domain name you are asking for or telling you where else you should look for that answer. If you have experience registering domain names, the DNS servers you provide with a registration for a particular domain are “authoritative” for that domain. NeuStar is the industry leading provider of authoritative DNS through it’s “Managed External DNS” service. Our customers include amazon.com, Oracle, Forbes.com, and MySpace.com.