DNS Record Explainer

Understand DNS record types and parse any zone-file line.

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DNS record explainer

Understand DNS without leaking anything. Paste a single zone-file line and the tool labels its name, TTL, class, type and record data, then explains what that record type does.

It covers the common types — A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SOA, PTR, SRV and CAA — each with a one-line description and a realistic example you can copy.

No DNS query is ever made: this is a reference and parser that runs entirely in your browser, so the domain you paste is never sent anywhere.

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