Demystifying DNS


Sea of servers: Pictured here is one of Facebook’s data centres. Only Facebook knows the IP address of www.facebook.com. — AFP

Knowing how the Domain Name System works is the first step in figuring out how to optimise your Internet connection.

THE Domain Name System (DNS) underpins the Internet as we know it. It does its job seamlessly and invisibly, so much so you might never be aware of its existence.

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