Friday, April 19, 2013

Chapter 10: Network Naming pg 317 - 322

How DNS Works 
- DNS servers use UDP port 53 and sometimes TCP port 53
- the DNS root for the entire internet consists of 13 powerful DNS server clusters all over the world
        -> has the complete definitive name resolution table
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN): creates new TLDs 

Name Spaces 
- Hierarchical Name Space (used by DNS): an imaginary tree structure for possible names that can be used within a single system
       -> enables administrators to give networked systems longer names
- Flat Name Space (used by HOSTS): an undivided list containing all names
       -> all names must be absolutely unique

1 comment:

  1. Are you taking practice tests? If so, how are you doing? If not, why not?

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