The @ Symbol Query

[devlin]

Hello all

Please forgive such a basic question. Really just hoping someone can give this a quick positive nod that my understanding is correct.

We need to amend the IP address of an A record on the portal. Looking at all the records under the domain name, at the top we have a record simply for: @, then the IP address.

Is my understanding correct that this is a pointer to the root domain name itself?

For example:

- The root domain name is: example.com

- We have an @ record with an IP address 1.1.1.1

...this means example.com resolves to 1.1.1.1?

Thank you.

[Zulfiqar]

Hello devlin, I hope you are well. I agreed with your opinion. Actually, 1.1.1.1 is a public DNS resolver, but unlike most DNS resolvers, 1.1.1.1 is not selling user data to advertisers. 1.1.1.1 is a fast and private way to browse the Internet. The implementation of 1.1.1.1 makes it the fastest resolver out there.

[Nate · Accepted solution]

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@devlin wrote:

Is my understanding correct that this is a pointer to the root domain name itself?

For example:

- The root domain name is: example.com

- We have an @ record with an IP address 1.1.1.1

...this means example.com resolves to 1.1.1.1?

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That is correct, the @ symbol represents your domain in the DNS.