When you type a web address (aka a URL) in the address bar of your browser, that's not actually the address of the server your computer connects to. That's a "friendly" name that humans can remember, ...

Do you ever wonder how you can click a link on a webpage and quickly zip to another page on a server halfway around the world? Or send an email message to aunt Alice or uncle Bob, using just their ...

You can change which DNS server your devices use which could help you get a faster, more secure internet connection in the process. Reading time 6 minutes The DNS (Domain Name System) server settings ...

QUESTION: A friend told me I should change my DNS settings from what my ISP provides for faster speeds and better security. Is this true? ANSWER: DNS, which stands for Domain Name Service, is a vital ...

You’re probably using the wrong DNS and don’t know it.

The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most important, yet lesser-known aspects of browsing the internet. In a nutshell, it’s responsible for converting a domain name (like google.com) to an IP ...

Cloudflare is an old hand at speeding up corporate internet services with its content delivery network (CDN). The company is also a pro at blocking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Now, ...

When his parents denied him a Super NES, he got mad. When they traded a prize Sega Genesis for a 2400 baud modem, he got even. Years of Internet shareware, eBay'd possessions and video game testing ...

Each time you open a browser and type in a web address, there’s a hidden hand sending all the information to your PC to render the page as it should. Those middle-men of your newly loaded webpage are ...

DNS or Domain Name Server is a service that resolves website address to IP address. The latter is the physical address of the computer from which anything is served on the internet. A DNS that ...