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This tutorial covers the most common settings in the DNS app of the Cloudflare Dashboard.
DNS Records
The DNS records section is where you can view, add and edit the DNS records for your site. You can also see which records are set to
and 
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There are related tutorials available on: Adding DNS Records, Editing DNS Records and Deprecated - Step 3: Enabling the 'Orange Cloud'
Cloudflare Nameservers
This is where you can view your assigned nameservers from Cloudflare, this is where your domain’s nameservers should be set to with your registrar.
Custom Nameservers
This feature is available on Business or Enterprise plans, you can read more about it here:
DNSSEC
You can read more about DNSSEC here:
https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006660072-Understanding-and-Configuring-DNSSEC-in-Cloudflare-DNS
Tutorial Reference: CT-14
Reviewed: 07/21
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