Using Your Domain

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 Browser Cache

Important
Vocabulary Server
IP Address

208.109.4.218 =
Analogy
Same thing for DNS!
Let’s take a closer look.
Step 1: Enter the Domain

Imagine if you wanted to visit a cool

website that your friend told you about –
www.superfunwebsite.com.

How does your computer know where to

find it?
Step 2: Check the Cache

The browser checks to see if it has this IP

address already; is it in cache (in the
browser’s memory, if it has been visited
recently)? If not, the browser goes to the
ISP.

How long do you think your browser or

ISP keep this information in cache.

Let’s check this out now…

Hunt it Down

The ISP will start hunting down the IP

address. The ISP will start with a root
server. The root server’s only purpose is
to store a huge list of TLD servers.

Looking for superfunwebsite.com? The

root server will send the ISP to a server
for the .com TLD.
To the TLD!

Imagine how many TLD servers there

must be for .com websites! It might take
a few tries before the ISP finds the right
one, but eventually, a TLD server will
know where to find that IP address. The
ISP will put this info in cache and move
along.
Step 5: The Nameserver

Now that the ISP has been told where the

IP address lives, the ISP can go to that
server and get the information. What
information does it need? The ISP needs
the web files that make up the website so
it can display on the computer screen.

**Remember**
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Step 6: Success!

The nameserver has the IP! It gives it to

the ISP, which puts it in cache and brings
it back to the browser, and the browser
connects to the IP address. The website’s
files have now been accessed, and you
can see the website. YAY!
How do the nameservers get the information?

1. Each time a REGISTRANT purchases a new domain, the REGISTRAR assigns

nameservers for that domain/IP address.

2. The REGISTRY is in charge of the TLD nameservers.

3. The REGISTRAR notifies the REGISTRY of each new nameserver/IP

address so that the REGISTRY2. can
The REGISTRY is in nameservers up-to-
keep the TLD
charge of the TLD
date. nameservers.
So what does this all mean?
Without DNS
What does this look like in
a customer’s account?
The Zone File
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