About the DNS
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed Internet directory service.
DNS is used mostly to translate between domain names and IP addresses,
and to control Internet email delivery. Most Internet services rely
on DNS to work, and if DNS fails, web sites cannot be located and email
delivery stalls.
A selection of overview documents
explains DNS from a high-level perspective, while the RFC
documents are the official standards.
- New versions of BIND are currently in final
testing. These include maintenance releases 9.2.4 and 8.4.5,
and 9.3.0 featuring support for IPv4/IPv6 dual stack servers, DS
based DNSSEC (see RFC 3658) and rejection of
zones containing obsolete MD and
MF records.
27-May-2004
- Updates throughout the site, with new content and corrected links.
13-Apr-2004
- 114 active DNS-related RFCs have now been
reviewed, for a total of 134 DNS related RFC documents out of more
than 3700 RFCs published to date.
19-Mar-2004
- Those still running BIND 8, please note
that 8.4.4 was released in January 2004, fixing several bugs.
22-Feb-2004
- BIND 9.2.3 was released in October 2003.
Migration from BIND 8 to BIND 9 requires some planning, since it
strictly enforces standards, but the upgrade is worth while.
Also note that alternatives to BIND do exist.
09-Nov-2003
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Contents
- General
- What is DNS?
- DNS books
- Where to find DNS training
- About DNSRD
- DNS Standards
- DNS-related RFCs
- Current DNS standards activity
- Software
- DNS server software
- Tools (Unix and cross-platform)
- Windows Tools
- DNS programming
- Online info
- Assorted documents
- DNS
Q & A Corner at Men &
Mice
- Ask Mr. DNS at
Acme Byte & Wire
- DNSRD tips
- DNS resource record types
- FAQ and
BIND FAQ
- Newsgroups
- Mailing lists
- Names, registration, root servers
- DNS registration
- Top-level domain names
- Domain name disputes
- Root server hints file
(MD5)
(PGP)
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