KeyDNS

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Reliable Anycast DNS service

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Secondary nameserver capability

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Full DNSSEC and IPV6 support

KeyDNS brings your DNS services to a whole new level

Increase the stability of your domains with KeyDNS, CentralNic Reseller’s high performance DNS hosting service.

DNS stability and reliability is crucial for your success when you’re in the domain (DNS) hosting space. Take advantage of the global, high performance DNS infrastructure of Key-Systems and CentralNic Reseller to increase the stability of your own, or your clients', domains by using our state-of-the-art Anycast network. Delivering solid DNS service, the Anycast network guarantees worldwide security and fast resolution times to all of our resellers and customers.

Our solid infrastructure is composed of multiple servers in nodes in 5 continents across separate clouds, protecting you and your customers against cybersecurity threats, such as DDoS attacks.

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Key Benefits

Secondary Nameserver Capability
Use our KeyDNS as a secondary nameserver setup for your primary nameserver or hidden primary nameserver. KeyDNS automatically imports DNS zone file data from your primary nameserver and also works with hidden primary nameservers.

Global Coverage
Our DNS Anycast service provides a more stable and reliable DNS experience, no matter where you are in the world. Whether you’re in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, or beyond, you can count on our DNS to work quickly.

Real-time updates to all DNS data
All issued updates are carried out in real time, ensuring that your DNS changes are immediately applied. Take advantage of our easy mail set up and web forwardings without any additional l logistics to solve.

Valuable
Every domain registered with CentralNic Reseller gets immediate access to one of the best DNS networks on the market, at no additional cost. This includes a generous traffic allowance of 2 million queries per month. What about the external domains you manage elsewhere? No problem. Our DNS service is still available to you at a small fee.

Regular security updates and up-time monitoring
Our KeyDNS service provides 24/7 real-time monitoring, and our DNS infrastructure and servers have a realistic up-time of 99.9% - 99.99% globally. In the case of DDoS attacks and mitigation, our reaction time is minutes until the measures are in place. Even during the heaviest attacks, like in the case of a server breaking down, we ensure domains continue to resolve.

Main Features

  • State-of-the-art Anycast network
  • Geographically distributed (5 continents) and fully redundant
  • Highly available and reliable infrastructure
  • Short update cycles to all DNS data, easy mail, and web forwarding
  • Accessible through different API gateways (HTTPs, SMTP, XRRP, SOAP/XML-RPC) and control panel
  • Protection against all types of DDoS attacks
  • DNSSEC and IPv6 compatibility
  • 24/7 real-time monitoring and regular security updates for all services
  • All resource records supported

Learn more in our CentralNic Reseller Knowledge Base.