What Is NameSilo’s Premium DNS

One of the most essential components of the internet is the Domain Name System (DNS). But despite its importance to the overall web functionality, most people don’t realize they are using it frequently, not just when registering a domain name but every time they use their smartphone or computer. 

This post will not only walk prospective website owners through what the DNS is but will also enlighten them on what NameSilo’s Premium DNS is.

What Is DNS?

For those new to site ownership and web hosting, DNS is a naming database that locates and translates internet domain names into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. DNS maps the name people use to find a website to the IP address that a smartphone or computer uses to locate that site. For instance, if you type “something.com” into a web browser, a server behind the scenes maps that name to the corresponding IP address. 

Most internet activities, including web hosting, depend on DNS to quickly obtain the necessary information for connecting users to remote hosts.

What Is the Purpose of DNS Hosting?

A DNS hosting service creates, manages, and provisions domain name servers that are usually used and integrated with web hosting services, domain name registrars, and internet service providers. The domain name registrar typically provides these services, which often leverages the backend server to offer services to internet service providers (ISPs) and web hosting providers. The backend servers are built to offer the most common DNS functionalities such as domain lookup, DNS forwarding, and domain transition. DNS hosting services also maintain a directory of customized domain names and process peer servers’ domain lookup requests.

Is DNS Hosting the Same as Web Hosting?

The answer is NO. Most often, people resort to using the DNS service of their web host because they offer it as an add-on or is included in the web hosting services. As a result, most people tend to think the two services are one and the same. 

But that’s not the case. Web hosting is essentially the space within a server where your website resides, while DNS hosting connects users to your website and keeps your domain online through an IP address.

What Is Premium DNS?

Also known as Managed DNS, Premium DNS is a robust DNS service that improves your website’s performance, security, speed, and reliability by allowing you to control advanced features of your DNS settings. 

NameSilo’s Premium DNS service uses a worldwide network of redundant DNS to improve your website’s performance and reliability while also minimizing the effects of a DDOS attack. The Premium DNS isn’t free. It costs 9 USD per year or 0.75 USD per month. If purchased for a new domain, it costs 9 USD and is licensed for a year. If it is purchased for an existing domain, it allows you to select how many months you want it for, and each month costs 0.75 USD. 

Every NameSilo domain registration includes the following features.

• WHOIS Privacy: WHOIS privacy keeps your contact information (name, email address, mailing address, phone number, etc.) private by replacing it with an anonymous proxy identity in the public WHOIS system. 
• Email Forwarding: Email forwarding allows you to automatically forward incoming emails received in your account to other email accounts. This add-on will enable you to re-send one or more emails to different email addresses. Email forwarding is one of the easiest ways for admins to create backup emails. 
• Domain Defender Protection: Domain Defender is a free service that offers added security for your account and the protection of your domains. 
• Custom WHOIS Records: WHOIS records contain all the information about a person or entity that registers a domain name. Custom WHOIS records have proven to be vital resources for maintaining the integrity of a domain name. 
• DNS Management: This refers to the process of administering and managing the DNS of a given domain or sets of domains. NameSilo’s DNS manager performs tasks such as managing DNS zones, editing DNS records, and deleting nameservers. 

NameSilo’s Premium DNS has several beneficial add-on features, including: 

1. Performance

Speeds up web browsing by improving domain health.

Ensures availability of domains, even during an attack by optimizing the management of the query traffic. Bulk API performs multiple operations in a single request to prevent outages via guaranteed atomic transfer allowing for simultaneous complex changes.

2. Security

Integrates security & performance seamlessly.

The first layer of defense will protect your network against web threats by creating policies for your users. Hidden Master keeps managing domains on your authoritative server and utilizes our network to cache results closer to your end users and protects from DDoS attacks.

3. Availability

Get the results you expect without any redirection

DNS Traffic Flow Control increases the management of DNS response, based on geolocation, latency, failover routing, load distribution, weighted shuffle routing, or simply via the end-user’s IP address (EDNS Subnet).

Now that you know what NameSilo’s Premium DNS is and how it can help your website, it is time to experience it in action. Contact us today to get started.