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, ...

Since 2010, Juliana has been a professional writer in the technology and small business worlds. She has both journalism and copywriting experience and is exceptional at distilling complex concepts ...

We've been huge fans of OpenDNS for years now. (Ever since David Pogue turned us on to the service). It's a quick and easy way to tweak your computer's network settings for faster, more secure ...

Conducting a web search? The Domain Name System converts website names into IP addresses so your computer can understand the query. Here's what that means. Simply put, Domain Name System (DNS) is the ...

A group of experts has released an open source alternative to the BIND DNS server software that boasts higher performance and better security. A group of experts has released an open source ...

A Domain Name System server maps host names, or domain names, to IP addresses. When a computer attempts to connect to another PC over a network using a host name, such as www.google.com, the ...

A group of experts has released an open-source alternative to the BIND DNS server software that boasts higher performance and better security than BIND. The new DNS server — dubbed Unbound 1.0 — is ...