Glue Record

DNS

Term Overview

Term Glue Record

Category DNS

Related Terms 4

Definition

An A or AAAA record provided by a parent DNS zone that resolves the IP address of a child zone's name server, breaking a circular dependency when the name server's hostname is within the zone it serves.

DNS

Related Terms

NS Record A Record AAAA Record Authoritative DNS Server

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