There’s little debate that one of the absolutely fundamental services critical to the functionality of the Internet is the Domain Name System (DNS).
Akin to SMTP (the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), which is the grounding for all things e-mail, and NTP, the Network Time Protocol which keeps the Internet ticking, DNS has unquestionably played a key part in both the Internet’s inception and somewhat surprisingly its continued growth today; a testament to its architects
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