How DNS Works and Its Structure
Overview When accessing websites on the internet, we use domain names instead of IP addresses. DNS (Domain Name System) is the system that translates these domain names into actual server IP addresses. Often compared to the internet’s phone book, DNS was designed by Paul Mockapetris in 1983 and has since become a core internet infrastructure. It processes billions of DNS queries daily, enabling users to access web services using intuitive domain names like www.example.com without memorizing complex IP addresses like 192.168.0.1 or 2001:4860:4860::8888. ...