Types of DNS Resource Records


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Type
Description
RFC
NAPTR Naming authority pointer record.
Provides the discovery of the server’s preferred
transport protocol supported by the client.
Returns a name to look up in SRV records for the server.
RFC 3403
SRV Server selection record.
Provides load balancing across SIP servers.
Returns the IP ports, names of servers to lookup in
A or AAAA records, and relative weights of each server.
RFC 2782
A Address record.
Returns an IPv4 address.
RFC 1035
AAAA IPv6 address record.
Returns an IPv6 address.
RFC 3596