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Free and useful services over DNS accessible on command line

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DNS, or the Domain Name System, is an integral part of how the internet functions today. However, the way that DNS works is often quite mysterious for new a…

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Domain names are a key part of the Internet infrastructure. They provide a human-readable address for any web server available on the Internet.

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Custom domains for websites, web apps, and email

Use our WHOIS lookup tool to search available domain names or current domain owners. Start your search today!

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Domain names provide the internet much more user-friendly way of referencing servers, but have you ever wondered how it works under the covers?

Every website, large or small, started with an idea, rapidly followed by registering a domain. Most registrars offer promotions for your initial domain registration and then quietly hike the price with each renewal.

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Sometimes people want to get a certificate for the hostname “localhost”, either for use in local development, or for distribution with a native application that needs to communicate with a web application. Let’s Encrypt can’t provide certificates for “localhost” because nobody uniquely owns it, and it’s not rooted in a top level domain like “.com” or “.net”. It’s possible to set up your own domain name that happens to resolve to 127.