{"id":764,"date":"2022-06-14T04:24:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T04:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5centscdn.net\/help-new\/?p=764"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:54:33","slug":"what-is-a-hinfo-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.5centscdn.net\/help\/what-is-a-hinfo-record\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a HINFO record?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The HINFO record allows you to define the hardware type and Operating System (OS) in use for a host.\u00a0<\/strong>This information can be used by application protocols such as FTP, which uses special procedures when communicating with computers of a known CPU and OS type. For security reasons, these records are rarely used on public servers.<\/p>\n

The HINFO<\/strong> record has the following look on your DNS zone management page:<\/p>\n

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How to create a DNS HINFO record?<\/h2>\n
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  • Login to your\u00a05centsCDN<\/strong>\u00a0control panel.<\/li>\n
  • Go to\u00a0SimpleDNS<\/strong>\u00a0and click the Manage button of your Domain.<\/li>\n
  • Click the green plus button to create a new DNS record. The values are explained below.\n
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    • Type: <\/strong>HINFO<\/li>\n
    • TTL:<\/strong>\u00a01 hour<\/li>\n
    • Host:<\/strong> www (This hostname is used as an example)<\/li>\n
    • CPU:<\/strong> Identifiable name of the CPU of the host. Can include digits, letters, hyphens, and forward slash.<\/li>\n
    • OS:<\/strong> Name of the Operating system of the host. Can include periods, digits, letters, hyphens, and forward slash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Click the ADD<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      The HINFO record allows you to define the hardware type and Operating System (OS) in use for a host.\u00a0This information can be used by application protocols such as FTP, which uses special procedures when communicating with computers of a known CPU and OS type. For security reasons, these records are rarely used on public servers. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dns-records"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t