Research & Development for 3D & the Web

Grabbed this directly from Melbourne IT's website: What is an A record? An A Record connects a host name to an IP address. When computers connect to each other they connect using IP addresses ie: 203.27.227.23. An A Record allows easily remembered internet addresses. A Record’s are very customizable in that you can create numerous A Records to direct to multiple IP addresses. If melbourneit.com.au is the domain name, a few common examples of A Records are: melbourneit.com.au www.melbourneit.com.au mail.melbourneit.com.au shop.melbourneit.com.au How Read more [...]

What is an SPF Record? Email fraud is becoming more and more of a problem. Emails which supposedly come from a reliable source are actually not being sent by them but by fraudsters. A lot of big companies will often say all over their messages and websites that they never ever request your log in details to something in an email for this reason. One solution is to use  an SPF record. As SPF Record (Sender Policy Framework) specifies a technical method to prevent sender address forgery. It Read more [...]