arstechnica.com
The domain arstechnica.com answers at IP address 3.133.25.1. The domain DNS is managed by Amazon Route 53, which decides where each subdomain points. Mail for arstechnica.com goes through 5 servers; the highest priority one is aspmx.l.google.com. It also publishes 9 TXT records, used to verify domain ownership with external services and to configure mail security through SPF, DKIM and DMARC.
A A records
- 3.133.25.1 38s
- 18.119.153.14 38s
MX MX records
- 1 aspmx.l.google.com 1274s
- 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com 1274s
- 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com 1274s
- 10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com 1274s
- 10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com 1274s
NS NS records
- ns-493.awsdns-61.com 300s
- ns-2008.awsdns-59.co.uk 300s
- ns-1285.awsdns-32.org 300s
- ns-783.awsdns-33.net 300s
TXT TXT records
- google-site-verification=HdFEloOqFNJZvQWa7SK2BRmWVt8aVnPuagqXZ-C2U5U 60s
- google-site-verification=nso4GHYIGZwo4gB6AoUxzJWkxOUdx83kbGeREAxnv3A 60s
- facebook-domain-verification=qptjyerza2q11uv3fe6aay6hbsncr8 60s
- loaderio=2fd6086b1c3ba926ae36db37131123f7 60s
- google-site-verification=XuFuLW59WRoAbzeQ-wsF0JwpaeYwtdzRmtiktfi3Pmc 60s
- yahoo-verification-key=bP+HO9s82IBxbotbnF/O1nN4Jo4VfFXq5JNFAPCK8+o= 60s
- v=spf1 include:_u.arstechnica.com._spf.smart.ondmarc.com ~all 60s
- google-site-verification=Xt1q2fpVK6qREDXADvlLz2O5pvmUz9G_xxoGdeEnrH0 60s
- google-site-verification=OtVm0j4Rqs4y10N827uQ_n8ZnMtO0vfqw1k5NCzaJvo 60s
SOA SOA records
- ns-1285.awsdns-32.org 900s
What each record means
- A and AAAA: the server IP address, in IPv4 and IPv6.
- MX: the servers that receive the domain mail. The number is the priority; the lowest is tried first.
- NS: the name servers, which have the final say over the domain DNS.
- TXT: free text. Mostly used for SPF, DKIM and DMARC, and to verify ownership with third parties.
- TTL: how many seconds the record may be cached before asking again.
Checked 4 hours ago.