If you own a domain or manage a website, you’ve undoubtedly come across name servers. These machines are responsible for moving traffic around the internet, but what is a name server, exactly? And ...

What’s in a name? When it comes to servers, as it turns out, quite a lot. Server names are designed for functionality: They let system administrators easily identify each machine and keep track of ...

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