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New DNS Editor

  • Posted on February 15, 2023
  • By Shaker

NOTE: The new DNS Editor is currently only available to BETA users. To become a BETA user, please log into your easyDNS account and hover over USER on the top menu bar to select ‘User Info’. Click ‘edit’ at the bottom and in the ‘Other Options’ box select ‘Beta User’ next to Beta Access – […]

How To Create Glue Records

  • Posted on January 27, 2020
  • By Shaker

A Glue Record is the registration of a nameserver hostname and it’s static IP (IPv4 & IPv6) with the registry [.COM, .ORG, .CA, etc]. In order for hostnames to be used as nameservers and delegated to a domain name, it is necessary to establish a glue record. For example, dns1.easydns.com is a registered nameserver hostname. […]

TLSA/DANE

  • Posted on April 2, 2019
  • By Shaker

DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) is a method of authenticating the identity of internet endpoints using DNS. It lets you map X.509 certificates used in TLS encryption to domain names. Simply put DANE is a way to anchor trust certificates (like TLS / SSL certs) within one’s own zone using TLSA RR’s. Doing so […]

Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Integration

  • Posted on September 11, 2018
  • By Shaker

What ENS Integration For Domain Names Means This means that it will now be possible to use your domain names or hostnames as various identifiers within the Ethereum ecosystem: as more dapps and applications pick up support for this, you’ll be able to reference your wallets, smart contracts and other endpoints using a domain name […]

DNSSEC V2

  • Posted on May 14, 2018
  • By Shaker

Please note that the DNSSEC is still a protocol under significant change. As such, we are not compliant with all possible options available under the DNSSEC protocol. We are working to make sure we stay up to date with that. What is DNSSEC? Briefly, DNSSEC is a means of securing your domain from certain types […]

How To Make A DNS Entry

  • Posted on October 23, 2017
  • By ryan

NOTE: easyDNS now offers a new DNS editor that allows multiple record entry updates. Currently, this is only available to our Beta users – for more information on the new editor, please visit New DNS Editor help page The DNS SETTINGS page is where you would go to create most of your DNS zone records […]

How To Transfer A Domain *TO* easyDNS

  • Posted on August 25, 2017
  • By ryan

Transferring a domain over to easyDNS is a simple process, but will require the user to go between the two registrars. Users should also note that it can typically take 3-7 days to transfer a domain successfully from the time the Authorization Code is entered. Transfers will time out after 7 days if the request […]

How To Use Dynamic DNS

  • Posted on August 25, 2017
  • By ryan

Dynamic DNS service is used to keep a domain name pointing to the same computer or server connected to the Internet despite the fact that the address (IP address) of the computer keeps changing. This service is useful to anyone who wants to operate a server (web server, mail server, FTP server, IRC server, etc) […]

Reverse DNS

  • Posted on August 25, 2017
  • By ryan

Reverse DNS is separate from the standard DNS for a domain name, and as such is a different service. Our rate for the service is currently $25/yr per netblock (range of IP addresses). For us to provide a reverse lookup, our name servers need to have a delegation for the net-block (CDIR) in which that […]

How To Create ANAME Records

  • Posted on August 25, 2017
  • By ryan

Normally users cannot create a CNAME or Alias record for their domain apex. For example, users can create a CNAME record for xxxxx.yourdomain.com but couldn’t for just domain.com. However, users now have the ability to create these records which are referred to as ANAME records. Please note that ANAME records can be created with all […]

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