You can see your domain’s (or any domain’s) DNS settings from many online resources, one commonly used is:
https://viewdns.info/dnsrecord/
Select the DNS record whose propagation status you would like to check.
Click on the drop-down menu right next to the search bar, and choose any of the following records:
- A record: contains the IPv4 address info of the hostname.
- AAAA record: contains the IPv6 address info of the hostname.
- CNAME record: also known as alias record. It points the subdomain to its domain, like pointing www.dnschecker.org to
dnschecker.org. Get comprehensive insights about the domain’s - CNAME records with CNAME record lookup.
- MX record: contains the info where the domain’s email should be routed to and mail servers priority.
- NS record: contains information about the authoritative nameservers of a domain. NS Checker will provide you with all the
name servers associated with a domain. - PTR record: used in reverse IP lookup to map an IP address to a domain name, allowing the identification of the host associated with a particular IP address.
- SRV record: specifies the location and configuration of a particular service, such as email or voice over IP (VoIP), allowing clients to discover and connect to the appropriate server.
- SOA record: the start of authority is responsible for holding and specifying information about the DNS zone.
- TXT record: is commonly used for other DNS records configurations like SPF, DKIM, or DMARC records. CAA record: used to assist in SSL validation by highlighting which authorities can issue certificates for a domain.
- DS record: acts as a delegation signer, maintaining a chain of trust between the parent zone and child zone. Use the DS record Lookup tool to dig deeper.
- DNSKEY record: contains the public signing keys like Zone Signing Key (ZSK) and Key Signing Key (KSK). Check the DNSKEY record for more info.