When a domain name is registered or added for DNS service, it is automatically pointed to our default PARK page which looks like the following: Account holders have the ability to customize their parked page and put in a contact email link, a custom message, upload a graphic, add some RSS feeds, or even […]
Users now have the ability to delete domains from their easyDNS account. However please note that deleting the domain from your account doesn’t mean that the domain no longer exists. Domains MUST run through their entire lifecycle and become available for public registration again in order for it to be completely ‘deleted’ (click HERE for more […]
SRV Records (also known as Service Records) allow a great deal of flexibility and stability to services making use of them. Like a “general use” MX record, the SRV records relate to a particular service of the domain, like VOIP or SIP, rather than a specific machine the way A or CNAME records do. This […]
With the release of easyRoute53, easyDNS becomes the first and only ICANN Accredited Registrar with native support for domain names using Amazon’s Route53 DNS. Our easyRoute53 tool is a bridge between your easyDNS and Amazon Web Services accounts. You can use our interface to configure your zone then automatically push that information to Amazon. You […]
What Are Proactive Nameservers? Proactive Nameservers is a patent-pending system that optimizes the name server delegation for your mission-critical domain names. Other names for this service are Nameserver Failover or Nameserver Backup. Why Should I Use It? The reality is that any single DNS provider is a SPOF (single-point-of-failure) unto itself. Even the heavily redundant, […]
Knowledgebase NS Records Posted by on 14 June 2016 04:42 PM The NS records allow you to delegate a subdomain of your domain to another DNS provider outside our own. This is useful for large companies that may have different sites run by different hosting companies (england.bigcompanyname.com, france.bigcompanyname.com, etc.) so they can delegate those subdomains […]
Users are able to specify IP addresses of any third-party name servers they wish to mirror their zones, which will allow easyDNS to do zone transfers from said IPs. This also allows users to add additional name servers to their delegations beyond the easyDNS cluster, either for internal use or added redundancy. Some advanced users […]
Have multiple servers in multiple locations and want to provide geographically specific content or route end users to the closest server? Our GeoDNS service will respond to DNS queries made by visitors from specific countries or regions (such as Europe or Asia) with custom responses that you configure – maximizing performance and the user experience. […]
Subscription blocks allow you to provide DNS service for a large number of domains at a discounted rate and are available for all our DNS service-only levels. Domains can be added to the block or removed as you see fit. We currently have subscription blocks representing service for domains in groupings of 10, 25, 50, […]
Cloning your domain allows you to copy the configuration from an existing domain instead of creating a whole new zone file. Clicking the CLONE link for a given domain will allow you to select what applicable domain you wish to set as the parent from a pull-down menu. However before cloning please note that BOTH […]