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Domain Name Service (DNS)
- Flat vs. Hierarchical Name Space
- Logical View of Internet
How DNS works:
- Globally distributed data base
- Name Server Daemons: BIND, named (/etc/resolv.conf)
- Resolver clients: nslookup
- Caching to improve performance
- Reverse Address Mapping Also
Sridhar Iyer
2000-08-04