DNS Resources Directory
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.
The DNS Resources Directory (DNSRD) has been providing annotated links to information
about the DNS since 1994.
- Mark Symons has contributed several nicely HTML-ized RFC's.
Coming soon: Mark's reviews of several Windows-based tools! 31-Mar-1998
- RFC 2247 on embedding DNS names in LDAP/X.500 is
published on the IETF standards track. Another step by the LDAP community to supplant DNS.
09-Jan-1998
- RFC 2163 on embedding X.400 mail addressing in DNS
is published on the IETF standards track. 07-Jan-1998
Also have a look at Domainz
Global News.
- Reference material
- Documents (FAQ, BOG, etc.)
- Internet Drafts ...updated!
- RFC's ...updated!
- Books
- Mailing lists
- Newsgroups
- DNS Resource Records (RR's)
- DNSRD Tips
- Names, registration, root servers
- DNS Registration
- Top-level domain names
- IAHC Documents on Domain Names
- Name server statistics
- Root server hints file
- Software
- Servers
- Tools
- Other resources
- DNSSEC security extensions
- DNS secondary service exchange
- The Public DNS Service, free DNS server
space
- Ask Mr. DNS, provided by Acme Byte & Wire
- American Internet
- Network Wizards Domain Survey
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