DNS queries (calculated on a monthly basis) are essentially “hits” to our name servers for your domain. A number of factors dictate how many queries you can expect. For example, how many other DNS servers cache the retrieved records. This is also dictated by the TTL (time to live) setting you have specified as well. […]
Today we released cloud platform version 22.12.0 which includes a number of bug fixes and feature improvements. Below is a list of the most notable changes you will find in this release. DNS Reporting: We significantly improved the DNS Reporting UI as well as back-end systems that generate statistical data. The UI now generates data […]
We’re often asked how quickly an ‘A’ or ‘AAAA’ record controlled by a DNS Failover pool can update across the internet. TLDR: 2.5 minutes is about as fast as it can go. If you’re curious how we came up with this number, here’s the backstory on how it all works. DNS Failover update speed is […]
We radically increase application availability, performance, security and cloud integration. Our most comprehensive suite of solutions makes global application delivery awesome The Total Uptime Enterprise Edge platform includes Cloud DNS, Load Balancing, Failover, Optimization & Acceleration, Edge Caching & CDN, Web Application Firewall, DDoS mitigation plus VPN or Cloud Direct Connect functionality. Provides peace of […]
If you’re worried about computer hackers, you should be worried about SQL injection (SQLi). It keeps showing up on the top ten list of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). In 2013, the year of their latest approved list, OWASP put injection at the top of the list. “Injection flaws such as SQL, OS, […]
IT systems go down for a lot of reasons. Some downtime causes are obvious, while others take some time to understand. And still others are just plain comical. In this article we’ll have a look at different approaches to assigning blame for outages, and we’ll offer a short list of our own. The concept of downtime applies […]
Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! The top section of the Cloud DNS Reporting tab will show package utilization information. It compares what you have used to what is included in your subscription. It is possible that the “included” column does not […]
Suppose you’ve just launched a new website and you want to make sure that everything keeps working fine. What’s the next step? You could just hope and pray, but there is merit to being more proactive than that. The responsible thing to do is to monitor your website, including all the critical pages, services, and […]
Looking for a handy online DNS Tool, try ours here! Troubleshooting never ends. Problems in network computing can happen at many different levels. One technology that every internet user depends on is DNS, which stands for domain name system. A domain name is an alphanumeric designation for an IP address. DNS servers are the databases […]
Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! Customers who subscribe to the Cloud DNS service will see the Cloud DNS main tab and this domains sub-tab. There are four main sections as shown above: 1. Main Toolbar The main toolbar is used to […]