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Query DNS records β A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CNAME, SOA, PTR, SRV, CAA. Real-time via Cloudflare DoH.
A records map a hostname to an IPv4 address. AAAA records do the same for IPv6. These are the most common DNS record types β every website uses at least one to direct browsers to a server.
Mail Exchanger records specify the mail servers responsible for accepting email for a domain. Each MX record has a priority value β lower numbers = higher priority. Useful for diagnosing email delivery issues.
TXT records store arbitrary text. They're widely used for SPF (email authentication), DKIM keys, DMARC policies, domain ownership verification for Google, AWS, and other services.
Time To Live (TTL) defines how long DNS resolvers cache the record (in seconds). Lower TTL = faster propagation for changes. A TTL of 300 means caches expire every 5 minutes.