Dns in action : a detailed and practical guide to dns implementation, configuration

Cover......Page 1
Credits......Page 4
About the Authors......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 13
What This Book Covers......Page 14
Conventions......Page 15
Customer Support......Page 16
1 Domain Name System......Page 17
1.1 Domains and Subdomains......Page 18
1.2 Name Syntax......Page 19
1.3 Reverse Domains......Page 20
1.4 Domain 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa......Page 21
1.5 Zone......Page 22
1.7 Queries (Translations)......Page 23
1.8 Resolvers......Page 28
1.9 Name Server......Page 32
1.10 Forwarder Servers......Page 36
2.1 Resource Records......Page 39
2.3 DNS Query......Page 41
3.1 DNS Update......Page 59
3.2 DNS Notify......Page 64
3.3 Incremental Zone Transfer......Page 67
3.4 Negative Caching (DNS NCACHE)......Page 70
3.5 DNS IP version 6 Extension......Page 72
3.6 DNS Security Protocols......Page 76
3.7 TSIG......Page 88
3.8 Saving Certificates to DNS......Page 90
4.1 DNS Database......Page 91
4.2 RR Format......Page 93
4.3 Name Server Implementation in BIND......Page 101
4.4 Microsoft\'s Native Implementation of DNS in Windows 2000/2003......Page 123
5.1 Tools for DNS Debugging......Page 129
5.2 The rndc Program......Page 140
5.3 Errors in DNS Configuration......Page 146
6.1 Example 1......Page 147
6.2 Example 2......Page 149
6.3 Domain Registration......Page 151
7 Reverse Domain Delegation......Page 155
8.1 International Organizations......Page 161
8.2 Regional Internet Registry (RIR)......Page 163
8.3 IP Addresses and AS Numbers......Page 164
8.5 Delegation of Second-Level Domains......Page 166
9 DNS in Closed Intranets......Page 167
9.1 Configuring a Root Name Server on the Same Server (BIND Version 4)......Page 170
9.2 Configuring a Root Name Server on a Separate Server (BIND Version 4)......Page 171
9.3 Root DNS Server in Windows 2000/2003......Page 172
10 DNS and Firewall......Page 173
10.1 Shared DNS for Internet and Intranet......Page 174
10.2 Name Server Installed on Firewall......Page 177
10.3 Dual DNS......Page 180
10.4 End Remarks......Page 181
Country Codes and RIRs......Page 183
Index......Page 191