Monitoring DNS Records

Introduction

In the vast landscape of internet security, monitoring Domain Name System (DNS) records is a critical aspect that is often overlooked. DNS, the system that translates human-friendly domain names (like www.example.com) into IP addresses that computers use to identify each other on the network, is fundamental to the functioning of the internet. Because of its foundational role, DNS can also be a vector for various security threats if not properly monitored and managed. Here’s how you can monitor them.

Setup DNS Monitoring

Login to our dashboard and click on DNS Records to create a new service.

Create DNS Monitoring Service

Add a description that you remember what this service is for. The address is the dns name you want to monitor and the Record Type is which dns records you want to monitor and finally the notification channel how you want to get notified.

The most common types to monitor are A, AAAA, CNAME and TXT records. We do recommend to monitor NS records as well, because it will easily tell you if your domain was fully taken over or not.