The most commonly used types of resource records are listed in Table 5–7. They are usually entered in the order shown in Table 5–7, but that is not a requirement.
Table 5–3 Commonly Used Resource Record Types
Type |
Description |
---|---|
SOA |
Start of authority |
NS |
Name server |
A |
IPv4 Internet address (name to address) |
AAAA |
IPv6 Internet address (name to address) |
PTR |
Pointer (address to name) |
CNAME |
Canonical name (nickname) |
TXT |
Text information |
MX |
Mail exchanger |
In the sample files included in the following sections, @ indicates the current zone or origin and lines that begin with a semicolon (;) are comments.