Authoritative DNS server

What is an authoritative DNS server?

Domain Name System (DNS) is a very cool world. As daily Internet users, we barely think about all the processes that take place when we surf on it, every time we click, we swipe, etc.

To dig a bit into the DNS scene could help everybody understand so much better an online business’ needs. 

This said, an authoritative DNS server is an essential DNS player, together with other servers (TLD, root, and recursive). They play in different scenarios but let’s say that during every common lookup, the four work in a team to accomplish the delivery of the accurate IP address of the domain requested to a visitor. 

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