Figure 1: A sample zone file

; Database file TheEssentialExchange.com.dns for TheEssentialExchange.com zone.

; Zone version: 11

;

@ IN SOA ns1.theessentialexchange.com. hostmaster.theessentialexchange.com. (

11 ; serial number

900 ; refresh

600 ; retry

86400 ; expire

3600 ) ; default TTL

;

; Zone NS records

;

@ NS ns1.theessentialexchange.com.

@ NS ns2.theessentialexchange.com.

;

; Zone records

;

@ A 208.109.181.119

@ MX 10 mail.theessentialexchange.com.

mail A 64.202.166.12

ns1 A 192.168.1.70

ns2 A 192.168.1.80

www CNAME theessentialexchange.com.