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What is the role of NS records at the apex of a DNS domain?

$ORIGIN example.com. ; not necessary, using this to self-document $TTL 3600 @ IN SOA ns1.example.com. admin.example.com. ( 1970010100 7200 1800 1209600 300) @ IN NS ns1.example.com. @ IN …
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Clarification of why DNS zone files require NS records

This question was originally asked here: Why do DNS zone files require NS records? To summarise: "When I go to my registrar and purchase example.com , I will tell my registrar that my nameservers are ns1.example.org and ns2.example.org". But please…
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In DNS can an IN NS point to a CNAME?

Is it allowed to have an NS record be a CNAME? E.g.: subdomain.example.com. IN NS ns1.example.com. ns1.example.com. CNAME foo.example.com. foo.example.com. IN A 10.1.1.1 This doesn't seem to work in bind though…
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My domain on AWS Route 53 wont propagate

Hi have created a record set for the domain: lazycatthemes.com on Route 53 (domain was purchased through route 53) and gave it the 4 NS settings that Route 53 told me to configure: ns-368.awsdns-46.com ns-1963.awsdns-53.co.uk ns-848.awsdns-42.net…
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NS records chicken and egg: NS in the domain it's serving

I've dealt with BIND for years and this has always kind of bugged me. $ dig google.com ns ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;google.com. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: google.com. 87046 IN NS ns3.google.com. etc... ;; ADDITIONAL…
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DNS root record hardcoded then why it has ttl?

I host a recursive name server locally so I don't need my service provider or another public DNS server for name resolution. Although the root name server IP-addresses are hardcoded in the config file (in the Bind /etc/bind/db.root file), when I…
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DNS subdomain (child) NS records

If we have example.com we would setup things something like this: $ORIGIN example.com. @ 1D IN SOA ns1.example.com. hostmaster.example.com. ( 2002022401 ; serial 3H ; refresh 15 ; retry …
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Is a subdomain with both A records and NS records valid?

Let's say I own example.com. I then create an A record on test.example.com to 1.1.1.1. I then create a NS record on test.example.com to ns1.anotherdnshost.com. At another DNS host, I add an A record for the root (test.example.com) to 2.2.2.2. When…
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Registered domain using Route 53, using Cloudflare for DNS, having problems configuring DNS correctly

I've been trying to configure a Github Pages + Universal SSL from Cloudflare setup, unfortunately while the Jekyll/Github Pages part is going well, DNS configuration is not going as well. I've bought a domain from Amazon/AWS/Route 53…
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Registrar nameservers vs. NS records for bare domain?

OK, I'm a bit new to DNS, but I'm having some trouble finding the answer to this. I have a domain registered at google domains. As with other registrars, you have access to their free DNS, and although I realize you can change these, I also noticed…
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Proper way to create an NS record in Windows DNS

In BIND, you create an NS record that points to an A record: labs.example.com. IN NS ns1.example.com. ns1.example.com. IN A 192.168.80.50 In Windows DNS, you are first asked to provide the Domain that you are delegating: Next you are asked for the…
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How do I setup a TCP over DNS tunnel on Windows?

I've seen a few guides out there, but I could not get any of them to work. I can point NS records to my domain, so it sounds like I should be able to do this. I tried setting up a DMZ for the server portion, no luck at all.
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Secondary DNS different SOA record

we are managing our DNS data at Azure DNS. They provide 4 NS for redundancy, but just two days ago the whole Azure DNS service went down for a few hours, and all of our services with it as well. Now i'm looking for a better redundancy for such a…
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Does SOA record need to be updated to alter nameservers

My domain registrar has a top level SOA record for my domain which is unchangeable and two NS records pointing to the default nameservers for the registrar. If I want to update my nameservers do I just need to update the NS records or does the SOA…
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Where in the DNS process are NS records used?

I register a new domain, mynewdomain.com, at a hosting company. In the advanced DNS settings there is an A record which maps mynewdomain.com to a ip address. In my webhost control panel, it shows me the nameservers for the domain: ns1.mywebhost.net…
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