RFC 1034:DOMAIN NAMES - CONCEPTS AND FACILITIES
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... protocol. The official protocol includes standard queries and their responses and most of the Internet class data formats (e.g., host ...


... This RFC introduces domain style names, their use for Internet mail and host address support, and the protocols and servers used to implement ...
... The impetus for the development of the domain system was growth in the Internet: ...
... NIC to change HOSTS.TXT to make changes visible to the Internet at large. Organizations also wanted some local structure on the name space. ...
... The applications on the Internet were getting more sophisticated and creating a need for general purpose name service ...
... query names the domain name of interest and describes the type of resource information that is desired. For example, the Internet uses some of its domain names to identify hosts ...
... queries for address resources return Internet host addresses. ...


... For example, the following strings identify hosts in the Internet: ...
... the Internet system ...
... TTLs can be used to minimize caching, and a zero TTL prohibits caching, the realities of Internet performance suggest that these times should be on the order of days for the typical ...
... IP address format to contain a 32 bit internet address. ...
... Queries are messages which may be sent to a name server to provoke a response. In the Internet, queries are carried in UDP datagrams ...


... host which has a name in that domain. In many cases, a zone will be more accessible to the internet at large if its servers are widely distributed rather than being within the physical facilities controlled ...
... This facility is most often used to create a zone which will be used to forward mail from the Internet to some other mail system. The general idea is that any name in that zone which is presented to server in a ...


... space. The two local servers will allow the resolver to continue to resolve local names if the local network becomes isolated from the internet due to gateway or link ...


... J. Postel, "Internet Name Server", IEN-116, USC/Information Sciences Institute, August 1979.
A name service ...
... D. Mills, "Internet Name Domains", RFC-799, COMSAT, September 1981. Suggests introduction of a hierarchy in place of a flat name space ...
... Domains", RFC-799, COMSAT, September 1981. Suggests introduction of a hierarchy in place of a flat name space for the Internet. ...
... E. Feinler, K. Harrenstien, Z. Su, and V. White, "DOD Internet Host Table Specification", RFC-810(-> 952), Network ...
... Z. Su, and J. Postel, "The Domain Naming Convention for Internet User Applications", RFC-819, Network Information Center, SRI International, August 1982.
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... Z. Su, "A Distributed System for Internet Name Service", RFC-830, Network ...
... K. Harrenstien, M. Stahl, E. Feinler, "DoD Internet Host Table Specification", RFC-952, SRI, October 1985. Specifies the format of HOSTS ...



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