User defined preferred DNS reference
First Claim
1. A method of user defined preferred DNS routing, the method comprising:
- mapping for a user in a data communications application a domain name of a network host to a DNS network address for a preferred DNS server, wherein the preferred DNS server has a host network address for the domain name, and wherein mapping the domain name to the DNS network address for the preferred DNS server further comprises receiving from a user the domain name for the network host having the domain name registered on the preferred DNS server and receiving from the user the DNS network address for the preferred DNS server;
receiving from the user a request for access to a resource accessible through the network host; and
routing to the preferred DNS server a DNS request for the host network address of the network host, the DNS request including the domain name of the network host.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for user defined preferred DNS routing that include mapping for a user in a data communications application a domain name of a network host to a network address for a preferred DNS server, wherein the preferred DNS server has a network address for the domain name; receiving from the user a request for access to a resource accessible through the network host; and routing to the preferred DNS server a DNS request for the network address of the network host, the DNS request including the domain name of the network host. In typical embodiments, mapping a domain name to a network address for a preferred DNS server is carried out by storing, through the data communication application, the domain name in association with the network address for a preferred DNS server in a data structure in computer memory.
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1. A method of user defined preferred DNS routing, the method comprising:
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mapping for a user in a data communications application a domain name of a network host to a DNS network address for a preferred DNS server, wherein the preferred DNS server has a host network address for the domain name, and wherein mapping the domain name to the DNS network address for the preferred DNS server further comprises receiving from a user the domain name for the network host having the domain name registered on the preferred DNS server and receiving from the user the DNS network address for the preferred DNS server; receiving from the user a request for access to a resource accessible through the network host; and routing to the preferred DNS server a DNS request for the host network address of the network host, the DNS request including the domain name of the network host. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for user defined preferred DNS routing, the system comprising:
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means for mapping for a user in a data communications application a domain name of a network host to a DNS network address for a preferred DNS server, wherein the preferred DNS server has a host network address for the domain name, and wherein means for mapping the domain name to the DNS network address for the preferred DNS server further comprises means for receiving from a user the domain name for the network host having the domain name registered on the preferred DNS server and means for receiving from the user the DNS network address for the preferred DNS server; means for receiving from the user a request for access to a resource accessible through the network host; and means for routing to the preferred DNS server a DNS request for the host network address of the network host, the DNS request including the domain name of the network host. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for user defined preferred DNS routing, the computer program product comprising:
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recording medium; means, recorded on the recording medium, for mapping for a user in a data communications application a domain name of a network host to a DNS network address for a preferred DNS server, wherein the preferred DNS server has a host network address for the domain name, and wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for mapping the domain name to the DNS network address for the preferred DNS server further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving from a user the domain name for the network host having the domain name registered on the preferred DNS server and means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving from the user the DNS network address for the preferred DNS server; means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving from the user a request for access to a resource accessible through the network host; and means, recorded on the recording medium, for routing to the preferred DNS server a DNS request for the host network address of the network host, the DNS request including the domain name of the network host. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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