Network Utility

DNS Lookup

Query the live DNS records for any domain. See A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME and SOA records with their TTLs.

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DNS record types explained

A DNS lookup asks the domain's authoritative name servers which records it publishes. A and AAAA map a name to an IPv4 or IPv6 address, MX points mail to the right servers, NS lists the name servers, CNAME aliases one name to another, TXT holds verification and SPF/DKIM data, and SOA carries the zone's serial and refresh settings.

About TTL

Each record has a Time To Live in seconds that tells resolvers how long to cache it. Lower TTLs propagate changes faster but add lookup load; higher TTLs are cached longer. If you just changed a record and still see the old value, its TTL has not expired yet.