Patent ID: 9680790
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing Domain Name System (DNS) information, said method using a computing device having a processor and a memory, said method comprising: receiving, in the memory, source DNS data from a plurality of DNS systems including at least a first plurality of records retrieved in response to a first query of a first source DNS server and a second plurality of records retrieved in response to a second query of a second source DNS server; identifying, by the processor, an inconsistency between the first plurality of records and the second plurality of records, the inconsistency including an inconsistency type; determining a solution to the inconsistency by applying one or more rules from a plurality of inconsistency rules based at least in part on the inconsistency type associated with the inconsistency; resolving the inconsistency using the determined solution including generating an output file that includes resultant DNS data that, when used by one or more DNS systems of the plurality of DNS systems, resolves the inconsistency; and outputting the output file for upload by the one or more DNS systems of the plurality of DNS systems to resolve the inconsistency.