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d2 option (nslookup)

11.3. Option Settings
11.6.1. Seeing the Query and Response Packets

daemon file : 4.7.2. Check for Syslog Errors

DARPA : 1.1. A (Very) Brief History of the Internet

data dump : 13.2.2. How to Read a Database Dump

data segment size : 10.4.2.1. Changing the data segment size limit

data types, looking up with nslookup : 11.5.1. Looking Up Different Data Types

database files : (see db files)

datasize substatement

10.4.2.1. Changing the data segment size limit
F.1.11.3. limit datasize

db data category (logging) : 7.5.3. Category Details

db files

2.4.3. Data Files

4.2. Setting Up DNS Data

additional data in : 7.2.4. Additional db File Entries

comments in : 4.2.2. Comments

contents of (example)

4.2.7. The Completed Data Files
4.4.4. The Shortened db Files

errors in : 4.7.2. Check for Syslog Errors

for root domain : 15.4.4.4. The db.root file

format of : A.1. Master File Format

generating from host tables : (see h2n utility)

organizing : 7.3. Organizing Your Files

shortcuts (abbreviations) : 4.4. Abbreviations

syntax errors in : 13.3.5. 5. Syntax Error in the Conf File or DNS Database File

updating : 7.2. Updating db Files

db.cache file, updating : 7.2.6. Keeping db.cache Current

db.root file : 15.4.4.4. The db.root file

debug option (nslookup)

11.3. Option Settings
11.6.1. Seeing the Query and Response Packets

debug severity level (logging) : 7.5. BIND 8 Logging

debug substatement

6.1.6. The options Directive
F.2.7. options debug (4.9.3 and later versions)

debugging

8.1.2. Capacity Planning

12. Reading BIND Debugging Output

interpreting output : 12.3. Reading Debugging Output

levels of : 12.1. Debugging Levels

named-xfer program : 13.2.1. How to Use named-xfer

nslookup and : 11.3. Option Settings

resolver

6.1.6. The options Directive
14.2.5. The _res Structure

turning on : 12.2. Turning On Debugging

decimal serial numbers : 7.2.2. SOA Serial Numbers

default data category (logging)

7.5. BIND 8 Logging
7.5.3. Category Details

default domain

4.7.3.1. Initialize the default domain name
6.1.1. The Default Domain
unset : 13.3.12. 12. Default Domain Not Set
with nslookup : 11.3. Option Settings

default search list : 6.1.2. The Search List

default_stderr channel (logging) : 7.5.2.4. Stderr channel

defaultrouter file : 8.5.2. Recommendations

defname option (nslookup) : 11.3. Option Settings

delegation

2.3. Delegation

2.4.1. Delegating Domains

10.11.5. Delegated Name Server Configuration

checking

9.6. Good Parenting
9.6.2. Managing Delegation

in-addr.arpa domain

3.2.4. Registering with Your Parent
15.4.4.3. in-addr.arpa delegation

internal roots : 15.4.4.2. Forward mapping delegation

lame

7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages
7.6.2. Understanding the BIND Statistics
8.3. Registering Name Servers

number of subdomains : 9.2. How Many Children?

octet boundaries and : 9.5.1. Subnetting on an Octet Boundary

old information : 13.6.8.1. Old delegation information

subdomains

9.4.2. Creating and Delegating a Subdomain
13.3.9. 9. Missing Subdomain Delegation

deleting

aliases : 9.7.1. Removing Parent Aliases
hosts : 7.2.1. Adding and Deleting Hosts

/dev/null file : 10.11.4. Running BIND as a Non-Root User

dial-on-demand connections : 15.5.2. Dial-on-Demand

dialup connections

6.4.9. Windows 95
15.5. Dialup Connections

dig utility : 7.2.6. Keeping db.cache Current

Digital UNIX : 6.4.5. Digital's Digital UNIX

directives

6.1.8. A Note on the 4.9 Resolver Directives

(see also under specific directive)

list of : F.1. BIND Name Server Boot File Statements

resolver

6.1. The Resolver
6.1.8. A Note on the 4.9 Resolver Directives

directories, organizing db files in : 7.3.1. Using Several Directories

directory directive : F.1. BIND Name Server Boot File Statements

disabled UDP checksums : 13.5.5. Name Server Startup Fails Because UDP Checksums Disabled

disasters, preventing and handling : 8.5. Planning for Disasters

distfile file : 8.2.1. Primary Master and Slave Servers

dname parameter (res_search) : 14.2.4. The Resolver Library Routines

DNS (Domain Name System)

configuring hosts for : 6. Configuring Hosts

consequences of : 6.3. Minimizing Pain and Suffering

database files : (see db files)

disasters : 8.5. Planning for Disasters

documentation on : Preface

firewalls and : 15.4. DNS and Internet Firewalls

fundamentals of : 1.3. The Domain Name System, in a Nutshell

history of : 1.2.1. The History of the Domain Name System

NIS with : 6.4.1.2. Using DNS with NIS

packet format

11.6.1. Seeing the Query and Response Packets
14.2.1. DNS Packet Format

resource records : (see resource records)

when to use : 1.5. Must I Use DNS?

WINS and : 15.9. DNS and WINS

X.500 directory system vs. : 15.8. DNS Versus X.500

DNS client : 6.1.4. The nameserver Directive

DNS NOTIFY

3.1. Getting BIND
10.2. DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification)

DNS UPDATE : 3.1. Getting BIND

documentation

BIND : 3.1.1. Handy Mailing Lists and Usenet Newsgroups
DNS : Preface
firewalls : 15.4.1. Types of Firewall Software
network numbers : 3.2.3. Checking That Your Network Is Registered

domain directive

6.1.1. The Default Domain
6.1.3. The search Directive
F.2.1. domain
NIS and : 6.4.1.2. Using DNS with NIS

domain name space : 2.1. The Domain Name Space

CIDR and : 3.2.3. Checking That Your Network Is Registered

Internet

2.2. The Internet Domain Name Space
2.2.1. Top-Level Domains

shadow namespace : 15.4.6. A Shadow Namespace

visibility of : 15.4.6. A Shadow Namespace

Domain Name System : (see DNS)

domain names

1.3. The Domain Name System, in a Nutshell

2.1.1. Domain Names

A.4.1.1. Domain name

abbreviations : 4.4. Abbreviations

aliases : (see aliases)

checking host names : 4.5. Host Name Checking (BIND 4.9.4 and Later Versions)

choosing

3.2. Choosing a Domain Name
9.3. What to Name Your Children

collisions : 1.2.1. The History of the Domain Name System

compressing/expanding

14.2.3. Domain Name Compression
14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

consistency of

1.2.1. The History of the Domain Name System
2.4. Name Servers and Zones

fully qualified (FQDNs)

2.1.1. Domain Names
6.1.2. The Search List

geographic : (see geographic domain names)

how to read : 2.2.3. Reading Domain Names

local, can't be looked up : 13.6.1. Local Name Can't Be Looked Up

mail exchangers

5.1. MX Records
5.2. What's a Mail Exchanger, Again?

mapping

4.2.6. PTR Records
(see also PTR records)

mapping addresses to

2.6.4. Mapping Addresses to Names
4.2.6. PTR Records

mapping to addresses : 4.2.5. Address and Alias Records

MX records : (see MX records)

remote, looking up : 4.7.3.4. Look up a remote name

resolving : (see resolution)

servers for : (see name servers)

storage : 14.2.2. Domain Name Storage

subdomains : 2.1.2. Domains

trailing dot (.)

2.1.1. Domain Names
4.2.3. SOA Records
4.4.1. Appending Domains
13.3.6. 6. Missing Dot at the End of a Name in a DNS Database File
A.1. Master File Format

domains

1.3. The Domain Name System, in a Nutshell

2.1.2. Domains

3.2.2. Elsewhere in the World

(see also under specific domain name)

adding : 4.9. Adding More Domains

default

4.7.3.1. Initialize the default domain name
6.1.1. The Default Domain
11.3. Option Settings
13.3.12. 12. Default Domain Not Set

delegating

2.3. Delegation
2.4.1. Delegating Domains
13.3.9. 9. Missing Subdomain Delegation
15.4.4.3. in-addr.arpa delegation
old information : 13.6.8.1. Old delegation information

email to specific : 15.4.4.8. Mail to specific Internet domains

getting information on

3.2.1. Where in the World Do I Fit?
3.2.2.1. The us domain

in-addr.arpa

3.2.4. Registering with Your Parent
15.4.4.3. in-addr.arpa delegation
E. in-addr.arpa Registration Form
delegating : 9.4.5. Delegating an in-addr.arpa Zone
incorrect delegation : 13.6.5. rlogin and rsh to Host Fails Access Check
subdomains of : 9.5. Subdomains of in-addr.arpa Domains

international : (see geographic domain names)

levels of : 2.1.2. Domains

non-U.S. : 2.2.2. Further Down

"nonexistent domain" message : 11.7.3. No PTR Data for Name Server's Address

parenting : 9. Parenting

checking delegation : 9.6. Good Parenting
creating subdomains : 9.4. How to Become a Parent: Creating Subdomains
managing transition to subdomains : 9.7. Managing the Transition to Subdomains
naming subdomains : 9.3. What to Name Your Children

registering

3.2.3. Checking That Your Network Is Registered
D. Domain Registration Form

root domain

1.3. The Domain Name System, in a Nutshell
2.1. The Domain Name Space
cache data for : 4.2.9. The Root Cache Data
updating record of : 7.2.6. Keeping db.cache Current

searching : 11.1.3. Domain Searches

state- and city-level

2.2.2. Further Down
3.2.2.1. The us domain

testing setup : 4.7.3. Testing Your Setup with nslookup

top-level

(see top-level domains)
(see

zones vs. : 2.4. Name Servers and Zones

dot (.)

default domain and : 6.1.1. The Default Domain

ndots substatement

6.1.6. The options Directive
F.2.6. options ndots (4.9.3 and later versions)

root domain

1.3. The Domain Name System, in a Nutshell
2.1. The Domain Name Space
4.2.9. The Root Cache Data

trailing in domain names

2.1.1. Domain Names
4.2.3. SOA Records
4.4.1. Appending Domains
13.3.6. 6. Missing Dot at the End of a Name in a DNS Database File
A.1. Master File Format

dotted-octet representation : 2.6.4. Mapping Addresses to Names

dump, database : 13.2.2. How to Read a Database Dump

DUN (Dial-Up Networking)

6.4.9. Windows 95
15.5. Dialup Connections

Dunlap, Kevin : 1.4. The History of BIND

duplicate queries : 7.6.2. Understanding the BIND Statistics

dynamic update facility : 10.3. DNS Dynamic Update

Dynamic Update standard : 3.1. Getting BIND

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