DNS query on self hosted site
reddit / selfhosted

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chopsui101 · 2023-11-17 23:25

Sorry for a dumb question. What is pulled back if someone does a DNS
query on my self hosted website?

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-18 00:20

Pulled back? And how is that website selfhosted? Youre not giving any
details so that makes it basically impossible to answer this.

If you want to learn how DNS works, maybe /r/HomeNetworking can help
you.

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ADB-UK · 2023-11-18 00:36

If the DNS entry is publicly available then any record you have
entered is visible - that's the whole point of the PUBLIC DNS.

You can test things simply by using [https://mxtoolbox.com/DnsLookup.a
spx](https://mxtoolbox.com/DnsLookup.aspx)  as a starting point then
when it returns the basic info select the record you are interested in
the orange dropdown next to the domain.

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RuffKez · 2023-11-18 02:52

Selfhosted... at home? If i would run a DNS query, i could see your IP

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tech2but1 · 2023-11-18 15:20

You can't possibly know that from the limited info in the OP.

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tech2but1 · 2023-11-18 15:20

Depends what you set in the DNS records and where you published them?
Literally no idea tbh.

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RuffKez · 2023-11-18 18:24

That's why i had to guess