The name and address space

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Table of Contents

The name and address space

Introduction

Introduction

IP addresses and names

Domain Name Hierarchy

Domain name structures

IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)

Setting up a Top-Level-Domain (TLD)

Whois -h whois.internic.net sk-dom

Obtaining an IP address

Obtaining an IP address (continue)

How to query RIPE database

Whois -h whois.ripe.net 193.230.1.0

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Whois -h whois.ripe.net at

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Autonomous System Number

Whois -h whois.ripe.net AS6715

Domain Name Servers

Host Table

Domain Name Server (DNS)

BIND - UNIX Name Service

DNS Operation

The resolver/server model (diagram)

DNS Operation (continue)

Remarks

Reverse Lookup

Reverse Domain Hierarchy

Hierarchy of nameservers

Requirements for a nameserver

Type of servers

Files

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Named.boot

Resolver Configuration

Domain data files

Hosts File

Host.rev File

Named.local

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 about 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

A set of conventions for using the information

Example - Resolver Configuration

Example - named.boot

Example - named.ca

named.local example

Zone file for a top level domain

Zone file for a top level domain (Continue)

Zone file for a subdomain

Zone file for a subdomain (Continue)

Reverse zone file for 226.193.in-addr.arpa domain

Reverse zone files for 33.226.193.in-addr.arpa domain

Domain Management

Starting named

Named signaling processing

Debugging DNS

Checking DNS using nslookup

Checking DNS using host

BIND 8 Highlights

Statements

Example Config File

Example Config File (cont.)

REFERENCES

Author: George Macri