Authoritative DNS Server

DNS

Term Overview

Term Authoritative DNS Server

Category DNS

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Definition

A DNS server that holds the original, definitive DNS records for a domain zone. It provides answers directly from its zone data rather than querying other servers, serving as the source of truth for that domain.

DNS

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