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Index: M

magic cookie: 6.4.1.2. Using DNS with NIS

mail destination (MD) records: 5.1. MX Records

mail exchanger queries: 7.6.2.1. BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics

mail exchangers: 5.1. MX Records

A records and: 5.3. The MX Algorithm
canonical domain name and: 5.3. The MX Algorithm

mail forwarder (MF) records: 5.1. MX Records

mail routing: 5. DNS and Electronic Mail

loops, avoiding: 5.1. MX Records

5.3. The MX Algorithm

mailers: 5. DNS and Electronic Mail

maintain-ixfr-base substatement: 10.4.3. BIND 8 IXFR Configuration

maintenance category: 7.5.3.1. BIND 8 categories

maintenance intervals: 10.12.3. Maintenance Intervals

malformed response message: 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

many-answers format: 10.12.1.6. More efficient zone transfers

mapping: 4.2. Setting Up Zone Data

address-to-name: 2.6.6. Mapping Addresses to Names

4.2.7. PTR Records

h2n utility for (see h2n utility)

name-to-address: 4.2.6. Address and Alias Records

network names and numbers: 16.5. Network Names and Numbers

master files (see zone data files)

master server (see primary master name server)

masters substatement: 10.15.1. Configuring the IPv4 Transport

match-clients view substatement: 10.6. Views

max-ncache-ttl options substatement: 10.12.4. TTLs

max-refresh-time substatement: 10.12.1.5. Limiting the frequency of zone transfers

max-retry-time substatement\\: 10.12.1.5. Limiting the frequency of zone transfers

max-transfer-idle-in substatement: 10.12.1.4. Limiting the duration of a zone transfer

max-transfer-idle-out substatement: 10.12.1.4. Limiting the duration of a zone transfer

max-transfer-time-in substatement: 10.12.1.4. Limiting the duration of a zone transfer

max-transfer-time-out substatement: 10.12.1.4. Limiting the duration of a zone transfer

MB records: 3.2.2. Where in the World Do I Fit?

A.1.2. Types

MD5: 11.1.1. One-Way Hash Functions

MD and MF records: A.1.2. Types

MD records: 5.1. MX Records

memory

changing data segment size and: 10.12.2.1. Changing the data segment size limit
domain name storage and: 15.2.2. Domain Name Storage
resource limits and: 10.12.2. Resource Limits

memory utilization: 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

message compression, resource record data and: A.3.1. Data Format

message digests: 11.1.1. One-Way Hash Functions

message format: A.2.1. Message Format

messages: 4.7.2. Check for Syslog Errors

(see also error messages)

format of: 12.6.1. Showing the Query and Response Messages

15.2.1. DNS Message Format
A.2. DNS Messages
controlling (BIND 8/9): 7.5.2.5. Data formatting for all channels

logging (BIND 8/9): 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

Perl objects for: 15.3.2. Packet Objects

starting: 4.7.2. Check for Syslog Errors

viewing: 7.5.3.3. Viewing all category messages

MF records: 5.1. MX Records

MG records: 3.2.2. Where in the World Do I Fit?

A.1.2. Types

Microsoft (see entries at Windows)

mil domain: 2.2.1. Top-Level Domains

min-refresh-time substatement: 10.12.1.5. Limiting the frequency of zone transfers

min-retry-time substatement: 10.12.1.5. Limiting the frequency of zone transfers

MINFO records: A.1.2. Types

missing

cache data: 14.3.7. Missing Root Hints Data
PTR records: 14.3.4. Added Name to Zone Data File but Forgot to Add PTR Record
subdomain delegation: 14.3.9. Missing Subdomain Delegation

Mockapetris, Paul

design of DNS and: 1.2.1. The History of the Domain Name System
JEEVES implementation of DNS and: 1.4. The History of BIND
RFC 1035 and: A. DNS Message Format and Resource Records

Modify Tool: 9.4.5. Delegating an in-addr.arpa Zone

MR records: A.1.2. Types

mtime (Unix file modification time): 10.3. DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification)

multihomed hosts: 4.2.5. NS Records

4.2.6. Address and Alias Records
address sorting and: 10.8. Name Server Address Sorting

multiple-cnames substatement: 10.7.1. Multiple CNAMEs

MX records: 5.1. MX Records

5.3. The MX Algorithm
A.1.2. Types
discarding: 5.3. The MX Algorithm
email and firewalls: 11.3.4.7. Mail from internal hosts to the Internet
performance limitation of: 16.3. A Limitation of MX Records
query statistics for: 7.6.2.1. BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
vs. RT records: 16.6.3. X25, ISDN, and RT
sendmail and: 6.3.2. Electronic Mail

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