DNS Stuff, a provider of a wide-ranging suite of DNS monitoring, testing and alerting tools, simplifies the process of managing DNS, Web and e-mail settings.\n
\nDNSstuff’s main Web page greets users with a simple, clean interface. Despite the seeming simplicity, the site’s DNS administration, monitoring and maintenance tools enable simplifying incredibly complex DNS issues.
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DNSstuff offers a very wide range of DNS tools, including abuse lookup, SSL examination, complete DNS lookup information, reverse DNS lookup and more.
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Here you can see the DNS information a DNS Lookup returns when specifying all records, as well as the format used to display such data.
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Here’s a sample DNSreport test. Using the premium DNSreport tool, some 55 total tests are run in a single analysis across a collection of categories, including parent tests, name server tests, start of authority (SOA) tests, mail exchanger (MX) tests, mail tests and www tests.
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By alerting administrators whenever spam database entries occur, and by checking numerous industry blacklists, users can leverage RBLalerts to more effectively monitor e-mail status and prevent outages and downtime.
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Erik Eckel is a managing partner at Louisville Geek and president of Eckel Media Corp. He previously served as Executive Editor at TechRepublic. He received Microsoft Engineer accreditation from Sullivan University and earned his Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Louisville. He's earned Network+, Windows NT 4.0 MCP+I and MCSE, and Windows 2000 Professional MCP accreditations.
