How DNS Works

Posted by xmodulo on Mar 21, 2014 12:52 PM EDT
Xmodulo; By Sarmed Rahman
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Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most critical services in the Internet. Without DNS, we would not be able to access the web. Before going into the details on how DNS works, a little on the background may be helpful. When you are accessing, say, Google, your traffic originates from your computer, goes through the backbone of your ISP, and then their own upstream provider and so on; until it reaches Google's network.

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