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◎ DNS is a distributed database system that can serve as the foundation for name
resolution in an IP network.
◎ The fully qualified domain name(FQDN) describes the exact relation of a host
to its domain. DNS uses the FQDN to resolve a host name to an IP address.
◎ The name-to-IP address data for computers that are located in a zone is stored
in a zone file on a DNS server.
◎ There are two types of queries that can be performed in DNS:
-> Iterative Query: The DNS server returns the best answer that it can provide
without help from other servers.
-> Recursive Query: The DNS server returns a completes answer to the query,
not a pointer to another DNS server.
◎ Lookup Types:
Forward Lookup: Requires name-to-address resolution.
Reverse Lookup: Requires address-to-name resolution.
◎ DNS servers can contain the following types of resource records:
-> A(address) Contains name-to-IP address mapping information.
-> NS(name server) Defines the servers that are authoritative for a certain
zone or contain the zone file for that domain.
-> CNAME(canonical name) Allows you to provide additional names to a server
that already has a name in an A record.
-> MX(mail exchanger) Specifies the server to which e-mail applications can
deliver mail.
-> SOA(start of authority) Indicates the starting point or original point of
authority for information stored in a zone.
-> PTR(pointer) Used in a reverse lookup zone created within the in-addr.
arpa domain to designate a reverse mapping of a host IP
address to a host DNS domain name.
-> SRV(service) Registered by services so that clients can locate a service
by using DNS.
You are not normally required to add SRV resource records.
Because the service creates them automatically and adds them
to the DNS database by using the dynamic update protocol.
◎ After you add resource records,you can use Nslookup to verify that the resource
records are correct.Nslookup has two modes: Interactive & Non-Interactive.
nslookup [-option...] [computer_to_find] - [server]
◎ A hosts file is a text file that contains static mappings of host names to IP
address.Before DNS became the Internet standard for names resolution service,
computer names were mapped to IP addresses by using Hosts files.Win2000 can
use a local Hosts file for name resolution,which provides a faster response
to DNS queries because the Hosts file is queried before any DNS servers.
You must update the Hosts file manually.
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