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.)
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