{"id":34025,"date":"2021-08-12T14:01:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T12:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=34025"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:41:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:41:22","slug":"what-is-dnssec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/domains\/what-is-dnssec\/","title":{"rendered":"What is DNSSEC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; border-color: #665f5f; background-color: #faf7f6;\" cellpadding=\"9\" cellspacing=\"9\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 100%; border-color: #403b3b;\">\r\n<p><b>xneelo does not currently support DNSSEC<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before transferring your domain to us, ask your current hosting provider to <\/span>disable DNSSEC<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This helps prevent downtime on your website(s) and email once the transfer is complete.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every website has an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/products-and-services\/ip-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IP address<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 a long identification number that computers use to find a website. Long numbers are hard for people to remember, so websites also have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/domains\/what-is-a-domain-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">domain names<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A special system, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/domains\/what-is-dns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domain Name System (DNS)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, translates these names into numbers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, it\u2019s possible to interfere with this system. Wrongdoers and hackers can misdirect people trying to reach your site, or they can even intercept your mail. <\/span><b>DNS Security Extensions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, commonly known as DNSSEC, help prevent this from happening by authenticating DNS response data. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DNSSEC provides an <\/span><b>extra level of security<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as the web browser checks to ensure the DNS information is correct and was not modified.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false,"plain":"<table  cellpadding=\"9\" cellspacing=\"9\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td >\r\n<p><b>xneelo does not currently support DNSSEC<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b><span >Before transferring your domain to us, ask your current hosting provider to <\/span>disable DNSSEC<span >. This helps prevent downtime on your website(s) and email once the transfer is complete.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><span >Every website has an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/products-and-services\/ip-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span >IP address<\/span><\/a><span > \u2013 a long identification number that computers use to find a website. Long numbers are hard for people to remember, so websites also have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/domains\/what-is-a-domain-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span >domain names<\/span><\/a><span >. A special system, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/domains\/what-is-dns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span >Domain Name System (DNS)<\/span><\/a><span >, translates these names into numbers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span >Unfortunately, it\u2019s possible to interfere with this system. Wrongdoers and hackers can misdirect people trying to reach your site, or they can even intercept your mail. <\/span><b>DNS Security Extensions<\/b><span >, commonly known as DNSSEC, help prevent this from happening by authenticating DNS response data. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span >DNSSEC provides an <\/span><b>extra level of security<\/b><span > as the web browser checks to ensure the DNS information is correct and was not modified.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph -->"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is an extension of the standard domain name system (DNS), which translates domain names to IP addresses. 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