Hosting is simply parking your website on a computer which then connects to the internet. Whenever someone types your website address, the stored pages are retrieved via the internet and displayed in their browser. DNS hosting is just a form of this.
Many domain name registrars offer hosting with domain registration, and there are free and premium DNS hosting services available. For example, Namecheap offers FreeDNS for people whose registrars don’t provide DNS hosting with domain registration, as well as Premium DNS hosting platform which can be used with any domain name registered with any registrar.
Free DNS
Try free DNS hosting for your website and decide later whether you need to upgrade to premium or not. If your website is relatively small, there’s no need to use a Premium DNS, and several registrars offer a free tier anyway. Most registrars will provide basic tools to publish and modify CNAME, MX, A, SRV, TXT and other records for instance. If this is all you expect to do, free DNS will be sufficient for your needs.
Premium DNS accounts
Premium hosting provides quicker response times to your visitors, unfailing access, maximum uptime and more powerful security measures. Most premium plans offer advanced features such as advanced reporting capabilities, DNS load balancing, and some other tools beneficial if you’re building complex applications across multiple service providers. Given the increased attacks on websites by hackers in recent years, many site holders are opting for premium hosting. Premium DNS packages offer an additional level of security to your website and more protection against hackers.
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• How DNS Works
• How is the DNS Organized?
• How are Domains Mapped to IP Addresses
• DNS Configuration
• DNS Propagation
• DNS Privacy Protection
• Domain Name Elements