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packet category: 7.5.3.1. BIND 8 categories

packet filters: 11.3.1.1. Packet filters

panic category: 7.5.3.1. BIND 8 categories

parent domains: 2.3. Delegation

3.2.5. Registering Your Zones
(see also domains)
contacting administrator of: 3.2.3.1. The us domain
registering: 3.2.5. Registering Your Zones

parent-level aliases: 9.7.1. Removing Parent Aliases

parent zones, contacting administrators of: 8.3. Registering Name Servers

parentheses ()

grouping data: A.1. Master File Format
in SOA records: 4.2.4. SOA Records

parenting: 9. Parenting

guidelines for: 9.1. When to Become a Parent

highlights of: 9.8. The Life of a Parent

subdomains and

creating: 9.4. How to Become a Parent: Creating Subdomains
in-addr.arpa domain: 9.5. Subdomains of in-addr.arpa Domains
transitioning to: 9.7. Managing the Transition to Subdomains

parser category: 7.5.3.1. BIND 8 categories

parsing DNS responses: 15.2.7. Parsing DNS Responses

partial-slave name servers: 8.2.3. Partial-Slave Servers

benefits of: 8.2.3. Partial-Slave Servers
registering name servers and: 8.3. Registering Name Servers

patches

for HP-UX: 6.4.3. HP's HP-UX
for IRIX: 6.4.6. Silicon Graphics' IRIX

peak periods of activity, monitoring: 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

performance

avoiding bogus name servers and: 10.11. Avoiding a Bogus Name Server

capacity planning and: 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

connectivity loss: 14.3.8. Loss of Network Connectivity

14.3.8. Loss of Network Connectivity

debugging levels and: 13.1. Debugging Levels

DNSSEC and: 11.4.7. DNSSEC and Performance

mail exchangers and: 5.2. What's a Mail Exchanger, Again?

monitoring name servers: 7.6. Keeping Everything Running Smoothly

MX records and: 16.3. A Limitation of MX Records

queries per second: 7.6.2.3. Using the BIND statistics

round robin load distribution and: 10.7. Round Robin Load Distribution

system tuning and: 10.12. System Tuning

troubleshooting: 14.7.4. Lookups Take a Long Time

TTL and: 2.7.1. Time to Live

zone transfers, improving efficiency of: 10.12.1.6. More efficient zone transfers

Perl

h2n utility written in: 7.2.5. Generating Zone Data Files from the Host Table
Net::DNS module, programming with: 15.3. Perl Programming with Net::DNS
Socket.pm utility written in: 13.6. Tools

ping utility: 4.2.6. Address and Alias Records

rotate option and: 6.1.6. The options Directive

pointer queries: 7.6.2.1. BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics

pointer records (see PTR records)

port option (nslookup): 12.3. Option Settings

port unreachable message: 6.1.4.1. One name server configured

15.1.1. A Typical Problem
resolvers and: 8.5.1. Outages

ports: 10.15. Addresses and Ports

postmaster as email address: 4.2.4. SOA Records

pound sign (#) starting comments: 4.3. Setting Up a BIND Configuration File

in resolv.conf file: 6.1.7. Comments

power outages: 8.5.1. Outages

preference values: 5.1. MX Records

discarding MX records and: 5.3. The MX Algorithm
increments for: 5.3. The MX Algorithm

prereq commands (nsupdate): 10.2. DNS Dynamic Update

preventing disasters (see troubleshooting, preventing and handling disasters)

primaries (see primary master name servers)

primary configuration file line (BIND4): 4.3. Setting Up a BIND Configuration File

4.4.1. Appending Domain Names

primary directive: E.2.2. primary

adding: 4.9. Adding More Zones

primary master (see primary master name server)

primary master name server: 2.4.2. Types of Name Servers

2.4.2. Types of Name Servers

adding: 8.2.1. Primary Master and Slave Servers

BIND configuration file for (example): 4.3. Setting Up a BIND Configuration File

forgetting to signal: 14.3.2. Forgot to Reload Primary Master Name Server

forwarders and: 10.5. Forwarding

multiple: 4.8.4. Multiple Master Servers

primary master vs. slave: 4.9. Adding More Zones

reloading, command for: 7.1.1. ndc and controls (BIND 8)

running: 4.7. Running a Primary Master Name Server

slave name servers and: 4.8. Running a Slave Name Server

when running large numbers of: 8.2. Adding More Name Servers

starting up: 4.7.1. Starting Up the Name Server

automatically: 4.7.4. Editing the Startup Files

testing with nslookup: 4.7.3. Testing Your Setup with nslookup

unreachable message and: 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

process IDs: 7.1.3. Using Signals

command for printing: 7.1.1. ndc and controls (BIND 8)

processing email: 5.1. MX Records

processor load: 1.2.1. The History of the Domain Name System

programming resolvers: 15. Programming with the Resolver and Name Server Library Routines

with Perl: 15.3. Perl Programming with Net::DNS
with C programming: 15.2. C Programming with the Resolver Library Routines

programs, obtaining examples of: 0.5. Obtaining the Example Programs

propagation time: 8.2.1. Primary Master and Slave Servers

proprietary WINS records: 14.5.1. Zone Transfer Fails Because of Proprietary WINS Record

provide-ixfr server substatement: 10.4.4. BIND 9 IXFR Configuration

ps command: 7.1.3. Using Signals

PTR records: 4.2.7. PTR Records

A.1.2. Types

Looked for PTR, Found CNAME message and: 14.5.4. Resolver Reports "Looked for PTR, Found CNAME"

missing: 12.7.3. No PTR Record for Name Server's Address

14.3.4. Added Name to Zone Data File but Forgot to Add PTR Record

order of in zone data files: 4.2.1. The Zone Data Files

query statistics for: 7.6.2.1. BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics

public key cryptography: 11.4. The DNS Security Extensions

PX records: A.1.4. New Types from RFC 1664

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