The name and address space

17 June 1999


Slides


Table of Contents

The name and address space

PPT Slide

What is DNS?

IP addresses and names

PPT Slide

Domain Name Hierarchy

Domain name structures

ICANN

Domain Name Servers

Host Table

Domain Name Server (DNS)

BIND - UNIX Name Service

DNS Operation

DNS Operation (continue)

The resolver/server model (diagram)

Resolver Configuration

Example - Resolver Configuration

Checking DNS using nslookup

Checking DNS using dig

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

Remarks

Reverse Lookup

Reverse Domain Hierarchy

Hierarchy of nameservers

Requirements for a nameserver

Type of servers

Files

Domain data files

Forward mapping File

Reverse mapping File

Standard Resource Record Format (RR)

IP address for a host

Information needed by the DNS infrastructure itself

SOA record

NS record

SOA and NS record example

SOA and NS example using some shortcuts

More RRs above and below zone cuts

Zone cut example - RRs in the child zone

Zone cut example - RRs in the parent zone

Hostname for an IP address

Information about mail routing

Free form text

Alias to canonical name mapping

BIND 8 Highlights

Statements

Example Config File

Example Config File (cont.)

Domain Management

Questions

REFERENCES

Author: George Macri

Email: gmacri@homemail.com