3 DNS Records Most Companies Forget to Monitor
Here are the three records most teams forget to monitor — and what happens when they break.
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SOA Expire Value Out of Recommended Range: What It Means and How to Fix It
The Start of Authority record is the first record in any DNS zone file. It's the record that says "this zone exists, this is the primary nameserver in charge, and here are the timing rules that govern how this zone behaves." A full SOA record looks like this when you query it: Each of those numbers does something different. The one that triggered your warning is the Expire value, the fourth number. In this example, 1209600 seconds, which is exactly 14 days.
Reverse DNS Does Not Match SMTP Banner: What It Means and How to Fix It
When your mail server connects to a recipient server to deliver email, the very first thing it does after the TCP connection is established is introduce itself. That introduction happens through the EHLO command (or its older predecessor HELO), and it looks like this: That hostname in the EHLO line is your SMTP banner. It is what your server claims to be.