Instant DNS Backup
Our solution instantly backs up your DNS Zones from your Primary DNS
Backup your Primary DNS
Secondary DNS service acts as a backup to your Primary DNS. Since DNS is the most critical component next to your domain name being registered, why risk operating without a backup DNS?
- Added reliability in the event of a primary DNS outage
- Zone Transfers automatically update your Secondary DNS records
- AXFR Protocol transfers your DNS Zones in and out of DNS network
- NOTIFY as primary and secondary keeps your zones in sync
- Many methods including Dual Primary, Live Secondary, Dark Secondary
- Protect yourself from DDoS Attacks and major DNS outages
Patented performance DNS & Failover technology
Our DNS platform is different from every other DNS provider. We’ve built our own technology from the ground up with a focus on providing your online organization with the DNS performance you need to succeed. Our US patent #20130297596 enhances our growing technology portfolio and highlights our dedication to performance and innovation in performance advanced DNS & geo load balancing.
DDoS Attacks and DNS Outages are on the rise! Protect your business from DNS outages with secondary DNS
How Secondary DNS works
Backing up your DNS is easy and takes only a few minutes to setup
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Signup for a Secondary DNS plan at CloudFloorDNS
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At your primary DNS, add in our IP’s to allow Secondary Zone Transfers
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At CloudFloorDNS, add in the Domain(s) as Secondary
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CloudFloorDNS imports instantly from AXFR servers at your Primary DNS
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That’s it! DNS changes are synched automatically from your Primary DNS
Why Implement a Secondary DNS Solution?
DDoS attacks,malware and other DNS attacks are on the rise and are a growing threat to any digital online business. Adding Secondary DNS is a low cost option that can help you avoid expensive unplanned downtime in the event of a DNS outage
Adding a Secondary DNS service takes only a few minutes to setup and your DNS zones will be instantly replicated onto our Global Anycast DNS network. You instantly speed up and enhance the reliability of your DNS and if your primary DNS provider goes down or gets attacked, you’ll keep chugging along with virtually no impact
Using our Secondary DNS with these popular DNS providers (How-To’s)
Versatile Secondary DNS
Our Secondary DNS will work with virtually any DNS platform that will allow Zone Transfers on port 53. It’s as simple as providing our IP addresses to the primary DNS provider and adding in the zone on our platform. Your zones are instantly replicated onto our global anycast DNS network and sync automatically using NOTIFY when you make changes at the primary
- Guaranteed to be compatible with all Managed DNS providers
- Add our Anycast Network into your delegation for added reliability
- Works with Oracle-Dyn DNS Network
- Works with DNSMadeEasy Anycast DNS Network
- Works with GoDaddy Premium Anycast DNS Network
- Works with NS1 Anycast DNS Network
- Sync DNS with NOTIFY or Manually synch DNS zones via Web or API
Customer Case Study 
See why SecurityCoverage selected CloudFloorDNS as their Secondary DNS provider. They use Dyn as their primary DNS and suffered during a massive attack Dyn had against their network in late 2016. As a result of the attack they experienced unplanned downtime which cost them many thousands of dollars in lost business and productivity. Teaming up with CloudFloorDNS as a Secondary DNS provides them additional assurance that they will never again suffer a total DNS outage [Read the Case Study]
“Secondary DNS gives us the additional insurance against a major DNS outage. When the Dyn outage happened in 2016 we immediately put a plan in place to add a Secondary DNS to the mix. It was an easy decision when we compared it to the extraordinary cost of DNS downtime”
Why Implement a Secondary DNS Solution?
DDoS attacks,malware and other DNS attacks are on the rise and are a growing threat to any digital online business. Adding Secondary DNS is a low cost option that can help you avoid expensive unplanned downtime in the event of a DNS outage
Adding a Secondary DNS service takes only a few minutes to setup and your DNS zones will be instantly replicated onto our Global Anycast DNS network. You instantly speed up and enhance the reliability of your DNS and if your primary DNS provider goes down or gets attacked, you’ll keep chugging along with virtually no impact