Understanding DNS with an overview of AWS Route 53
The Domain Name System (DNS) functions like a phone directory. Instead of looking up a person’s name to find their phone number, your computer looks up a domain name to find the corresponding IP address. This process involves several types of DNS servers, including recursive resolvers, root nameservers, TLD nameservers, and authoritative nameservers like Google 8.8.8.8 or Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 or your home router that forwards DNS query to your Internet Provider’s DNS Server. For example, if we run nslookup command…