DNS Resources Directory
This is the DNS Resources Directory (DNSRD). DNSRD has been providing
online information about the Domain Name System since 1994, to thousands
of visitors daily.
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed Internet directory
service. DNS is used primarily to translate between domain names and
IP addresses, and to control Internet email delivery.
There are several overview documents
available, explaining DNS from a high-level perspective.
- We made major updates to the list of RFCs. Eight
new documents are listed, seven of them security related, including
RFC 2535 which succeeds
RFC 2065. Several older documents are now
also listed, the status of each RFC is included, and the crossreferencing
was cleaned up. The latest RFCs are now also available in HTML format.
10-Jun-1999
- BIND 8.2 was released recently, featuring
full RFC 2308 support for negative caching
(note the new interpretation of the TTL field in SOA records and the
$TTL directive), the clarifications in RFC
2181, the DNS security extensions in RFC
2065, multiple virtual name servers, split DNS via "forward" zones,
and general enhancements. Due to bugs and general cleanup it's worth
waiting for 8.2.1, due out soon. Those who have been waiting for a
reason to upgrade from BIND 4, this is it.
10-Jun-1999
For more general DNS news, visit
Domainz Global News.
- Reference material
- Books
- Online documents
including:
- the FAQ
- Annotated list of DNS-related RFC documents
...updated!
- Annotated list of active DNS-related Internet-Drafts
- Ask Mr. DNS
at Acme Byte & Wire
- Mailing lists
and Newsgroups
- DNS resource records (RR's)
- DNSRD tips
- Name server statistics
- Names, registration, root servers
- DNS registration
- Top-level domain names
- Domain name disputes
- IAHC documents on
domain names
- Root server
hints file
- Software
- Server software
- Name Server Software Summary
- BIND Y2K compliance
- Tools (Unix and cross-platform)
...updated!
- Windows Tools
- Other resources
- IETF
DNSSEC working group, security extensions
- DNS secondary
service exchange, for those wanting to swop secondaries
- The Public DNS
Service, free DNS server space
- Network Wizards
Domain Survey, authorative survey of DNS
- Men
& Mice Domain Health Survey, survey focusing on errors
- DNS LOC, all about
LOC records for geographical location
- Credits
Most recent noteworthy changes to the Directory:
Copyright 1994-1999 by András Salamon
<andras@dns.net>