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what are you likely to find in a dns zone? what are you likely to find in a dns zone? mac address-ip address pairs hostname-ip address pairs fqdn-mac address pairs ip address-scope pairs

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A DNS zone typically contains DNS records, which map domain names to IP addresses and other information. The specific records you are likely to find in a DNS zone include:

1. A-records (also known as host records) - These map a hostname to an IP address. For example, www.example.com would map to 192.0.2.1.

2. AAAA-records - Similar to A-records, but they map a hostname to an IPv6 address.

3. CNAME-records (Canonical Name) - These map an alias hostname to a canonical hostname. For example, mail.example.com could map to mail.example.net.

4. MX-records (Mail Exchanger) - These specify the mail server(s) responsible for handling email for a domain.

5. NS-records (Name Server) - These specify the authoritative name servers for a domain.

6. PTR-records (Pointer) - These map an IP address to a hostname. These are also called Reverse DNS records.

You will not find mac address-ip address pairs, fqdn-mac address pairs, or ip address-scope pairs in a DNS zone, as DNS is used to map domain names to IP addresses, not to map MAC addresses or IP addresses to other information, and the scope of an IP address is not stored in the DNS zone.

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