What is an authoritative DNS?

What is an authoritative DNS?

Authoritative DNS is the system that takes an address, like google.com, and provides an answer about the resources in that zone. The typical transaction looks something like this: User types an address into a web browser, or an application calls out to a given name of a resource on the Internet.

Can FortiGate act as DNS server?

You can configure and use FortiGate as a DNS server in your network. When you enable DNS Service on a specific interface, FortiGate will listen for DNS Service on that interface.

What is recursive DNS resolving?

A recursive DNS lookup is where one DNS server communicates with several other DNS servers to hunt down an IP address and return it to the client. This is in contrast to an iterative DNS query, where the client communicates directly with each DNS server involved in the lookup.

How add DNS suffix FortiGate?

FortiGate DHCP DNS suffix

1. Create the DHCP scope in GUI.
2. In command line. Config sys DHCP server. Show (verify which DHCP scope to add the DNS suffix) Edit 1. Set domain mycompany.local. End.

Who runs authoritative DNS servers?

When a domain is registered with a domain name registrar, the zone administrator provides the list of name servers (typically at least two, for redundancy) that are authoritative for the zone that contains the domain.

How do I enable DNS in FortiGate?

By default, DNS server options are not available in the FortiGate GUI….Enable DNS services on an interface:

1. Go to Network > DNS Servers.
2. In the DNS Service on Interface table, click Create New.
3. Select the Interface for the DNS server, such as wan2.
4. Set the Mode to Recursive.
5. Click OK.

How do I configure FortiGate firewall as a DNS server?

To configure FortiGate as a primary DNS server in the GUI:

1. Go to Network > DNS Servers.
2. In the DNS Database table, click Create New.
3. Set Type to Master.
4. Set View to Shadow.
5. Enter a DNS Zone, for example, WebServer.
6. Enter the Domain Name of the zone, for example, fortinet.com.

Should I use recursive DNS?

As you can see, Recursive DNS is very important when it comes to users accessing websites and other ecommerce services online. While recursive DNS is important to users surfing the Internet, malicious attackers have exploited a couple of aspects of how DNS works to launch DDoS attacks.

What is DNS suffix?

DNS Suffixes are text that are appended to a host name in order to query DNS for an IP address. A suffix can be appended to that name so that the DNS sever can look at the records of the domain, looking for “Server1”.

Where is DHCP in Fortigate?

To configure a DHCP server in the GUI: Go to Network > Interfaces.