The non-authoritative DNS lookup means the queried DNS server doesn't own a particular domain and hence may not have all of the information about it.
Monday, 18 December 2023
by Acácio Pereira Oliveira
The non-authoritative DNS lookup refers to a situation where the queried DNS server does not have ownership of a specific domain and may not possess all the information associated with it. This concept is an essential aspect of the Domain Name System (DNS), which plays a crucial role in translating human-readable domain names into machine-readable