Make sure you read Part 1 of Overview of DNS Protocol before reading this one or you can go back to part 2. At this point, I want to introduce why we wanted to write a 3 part DNS process overview series.
This is part 2 of our 3 part series which provides an overview of the DNS protocol. Below are a few other terms you may have run into. There definitions are as follows but, you should read part 1 of the Overview of DNS Protocol first.
If you have ever wondered how the DNS works, this post was put together by three of us plixer dudes who wanted a DNS process overview as well as insight into many of the acronyms that accompany this protocol. Lets say for example you point your browser to www.example.com, what happens from your computer? This …