(11-07-2023, 07:25 AM)Ninurta Wrote:(11-06-2023, 06:35 PM)BIAD Wrote:(11-06-2023, 06:31 PM)Ninurta Wrote:
...With so many sites having trouble, I have to wonder if Iran hasn't been mucking around in the
DNS servers, but that's just a stab in the dark.
Because I'm still in the dark.
Don't let it worry you, using terms like 'DNS server' and 'ICANN' leave me completely in the void,
but I'm grateful that you and others are here to help in such matters.
(On the plus-side, I can wire a plug... I think)
My bad!
"DNS" is "Domain Name Server". It's the system that translates the name made of letters (rogue-nation.com") to a series of numbers called an IP address that computers actually use to find sites on the internet It's usually what the government buggers up when they seize a domain, and if you already know the IP address, that can often be bypassed.
"ICANN" is the "Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" They are the fine folks who keep track of your domain name, whether it's still alive, and what IP numbers it is assigned to.
If either of those goes wonky, and your domain name either expires or is otherwise dissociated from it's IP address, then your computer can no longer use the domain name to find the IP address, and your browser reports back that the site "cannot be found".
Yeah yeah yeah....you tripped over a cord (I won't get into the shoe thing. Lol) and unplugged us. Quit playin'
Jk,
Thanks, brotha. That was a really good explanation. I actually understood that the way you laid it out.