Practical Cyber Hacking Skills for Beginners - Working with DNS Commands

The video tutorial explains the concept of DNS cache and its role in speeding up website access by storing DNS records locally. It covers the Time to Live (TTL) parameter, which determines how long a DNS record is stored. The tutorial demonstrates how to flush the DNS cache using commands and explains the significance of the hosts file in mapping IP addresses to domain names. Practical uses of the hosts file, such as during website migration, are discussed. The video also provides instructions for accessing the hosts file and running DNS commands on Mac systems.

What is the purpose of the DNS cache?

Explain the significance of the 'time to live' in DNS records.

What happens when you flush the DNS records?

Why might you still see records for some websites after flushing the DNS?

How can you manually map IP addresses to domain names using the hosts file?

In what scenario would you need to edit the hosts file during a website migration?

What is the process to access the hosts file on a Mac?