# 04 DNS, A few points to keep in mind

A few points about what DNS can do and what it cannot do.

DNS is simply a database that provides answers to questions. It provides no geographical information and it is not the same as IP routing.

This video is part of the v:Topic:Web_Science

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2013
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: barrybrown \[1\] and \[2\]
- Genres: Science
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:04_DNS,_A_few_points_to_keep_in_mind.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: barrybrown \[1\] and \[2\]
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