Dns Zone File Domain Name. In other words it will contains the entire ip to domain mapping of the domainDuring this tutorial i will be using a zone file made for BINDBerkeley Internet Name Domain DNS server which is a very widely used DNS server package. Zone files are made in such a way that it can be made portable for any DNS server.
Reverse-lookup Pointer records PTR Record Allows a DNS resolver to provide an IP address and receive a hostname reverse DNS lookup. Alternatively it can also contain the complete Internet Protocol to domain mapping of the domain. A Domain Name System DNS zone file is a text file that describes a DNS zone.
The DNS is based on zone file records.
A DNS zone is a subset often a single domain of the hierarchical domain name structure of the DNS. It also contains pseudo-RRs. A subdomain can be created using an A record that points to the IP address the most common a CNAME that points to a URL or even an MX record. The file contains all the necessary information of all resources records for the particular domain.