This answer doesn't make sense. You need to control thedonaldDOTwin to make it point to patriots.win. if you don't control thedonaldDOTwin, how was that accomplished? This has nothing to do with dns
It makes perfect sense if you have the technical knowledge how DNS and web services work. There is a difference between a server and a domain.
A web server is a computer that runs the website and where all the data are stored. The server is accessed using it's IP address. Mod team has a full control over their web servers.
A **domain **is just an easy to remember textual label that is pointed to a server IP address. The translation is done by contacting a DNS server. Key thing to note is that there are multiple DNS servers all around the world. Your PC contacts the closest one to you (ideally). Any change of domains needs to be communicated between DNS servers. This is what they meant by propagation. So the guy changed where "thedonaldDOTwin" points to, but it is still not in effect everywhere because the change needs to propagate between the DNS servers.
See my other comment. As long as tdwin was pointed to mods servers, everything was fine. Since the mod went rogue though they needed the servers (not the dns record) to point to the new domain name before anything could happen.
Literally the only thing this mod had control of was a domain name that costs 20 bucks a year.
People aren't really answering this question correctly so I will -- mods here still own the website, meaning they own the files. They created the redirect page that links here.
The rogue mod owned the domain meaning that once DNS clears anyone accessing TheDonald.win would go to wherever he points it to, possibly his own server.
DNS takes a while to propagate everywhere. It's explained in another sticky.
This answer doesn't make sense. You need to control thedonaldDOTwin to make it point to patriots.win. if you don't control thedonaldDOTwin, how was that accomplished? This has nothing to do with dns
It makes perfect sense if you have the technical knowledge how DNS and web services work. There is a difference between a server and a domain.
A web server is a computer that runs the website and where all the data are stored. The server is accessed using it's IP address. Mod team has a full control over their web servers.
A **domain **is just an easy to remember textual label that is pointed to a server IP address. The translation is done by contacting a DNS server. Key thing to note is that there are multiple DNS servers all around the world. Your PC contacts the closest one to you (ideally). Any change of domains needs to be communicated between DNS servers. This is what they meant by propagation. So the guy changed where "thedonaldDOTwin" points to, but it is still not in effect everywhere because the change needs to propagate between the DNS servers.
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See my other comment. As long as tdwin was pointed to mods servers, everything was fine. Since the mod went rogue though they needed the servers (not the dns record) to point to the new domain name before anything could happen.
Literally the only thing this mod had control of was a domain name that costs 20 bucks a year.
.Wins are expensive, they are $35 a year lol.
they do control the content of tdw
I work with websites all the time.
They clearly got the host side to redirect, not the DNS.
DNS changes take time to propagate.
It takes a little bit for domain changes to fully populate around the world. They used to tell you 24 hours, but it's a lot less than that.
People aren't really answering this question correctly so I will -- mods here still own the website, meaning they own the files. They created the redirect page that links here.
The rogue mod owned the domain meaning that once DNS clears anyone accessing TheDonald.win would go to wherever he points it to, possibly his own server.
Takes about 48 hours for it to fully propagate.