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What is DNS zone transfer?

DNS The DNS is a hierarchy structure that looks like a tree. It is divided into layers where the top is the Root than the TLD-level, followed by the domain and the subdomain. You can get the right to manage a particular part of the DNS that is related to the domain you have purchase.

What is a DNS master zone?

The DNS master zone file is a DNS database of DNS records for a part of the namespace. A zone file typically will have SOA record, NS records, AAAA, A, MX, TXT, and other DNS records for the domain or subdomain. The master zone will be saved on a master DNS server (also known as the Primary DNS server).

Why should you monitor your server?

The main reason why you should monitor your server is to be sure that it is online. It is not uncommon to have different problems like incorrect settings, DDoS attacks, hardware malfunction, and more, and experience downtime (offline time). Unfortunately, if you don’t have an active monitoring system, you won’t get any notification when downtime happens.

What is a DNS amplification attack?

DDoS attacks What a scary combination! Just by reading “attack”, you can feel goosebumps. Then, when “amplification” is added, you can visualize an attack whose power could be increased to damage even more. DDoS amplification attacks by Memcached