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The topic is DNS (domain name system) and related, including the protocol, implementation of servers, clients, and other tools, deployment and administration of DNS software, configuration of domains and reverse DNS (in-addr.arpa, ip6.arpa), diagnosis of DNS problems, and other issues related to DNS. Regular members of the channel will often be discussing other topics of mutual interest. If you have a DNS question, just ask it. This channel is a small channel, and the regulars may be away eating, sleeping, having sex, working at a job, or other activities of human life. If no one answers your question, please refrain from repeating it unless at least 20 minutes has passed or someone has joined the channel who would not have seen it before.

Registering a domain name

• List of ICANN accredited registrars
• List of top level domains

DNS administration documentation and HOWTOs

• Linux HOWTO for BIND 9
• DNS on HOWTOforge
• Eric Boutin's HOWTO

DNS forums & blogs

• comp.protocols.dns.bind (Usenet newsgroup via your news reader)
• Empowering DNS (circleid.com)

DNS books

• The Concise Guide to DNS and BIND, by Nicolai Langfeldt [Que, ISBN 0789722739]
• DNS and BIND, 4th Edition, by Paul Albitz, Cricket Liu [O'Reilly, ISBN 0596001584]
• DNS & BIND Cookbook, by Cricket Liu [O'Reilly, ISBN 0596004109]
• DNS For Dummies, by Blair Rampling, David Dalan [For Dummies, ISBN 0764516833]
• DNS on Windows Server 2003 (coming December 2003), by Cricket Liu, Matt Larson, Robbie Allen [O'Reilly, ISBN 0596005628]
• DNS on Windows 2000, by Matt Larson, Cricket Liu [O'Reilly, ISBN 0596002300]
• DNS on Windows NT (out of print), by Cricket Liu, Matt Larson, Paul Albitz [O'Reilly, ASIN 1565925114]
• Linux DNS Server Administration, by Craig Hunt [Sybex, ASIN 0782127363]
• Windows NT DNS, by Herman L Nief, Michael J Masterson, Herman L. Knief [Que, ISBN 1562059432]

DNS server programs

• BIND
• Dents
• DJBDNS (dnscache, tinydns, rbldns, walldns)
• MaraDNS
• NSD
• PowerDNS
• QuickDNS
• rbldnsd
• SheerDNS

DNS online tools

• DNSstuff
• Dig it
• DNS Report
• tools-on.net
• dnscheck.se

DNS service providers

• secondaryDNS
• The Public DNS Service
• Free DNS at Afraid.Org
• xname.org
• ZoneEdit

DNS technical documentation

• About LOC records

DNS RFC documentation (Request For Comments, official standards)

• [txt, html] - RFC0882 - Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
• [txt, html] - RFC0883 - Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
• [txt, html] - RFC1033 - Domain Administrators Operations Guide
• [txt, html] - RFC1034 - Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
• [txt, html] - RFC1035 - Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
• [txt, html] - RFC1183 - New DNS RR Definitions
• [txt, html] - RFC1279 - X.500 and Domains
• [txt, html] - RFC1383 - An Experiment in DNS Based IP Routing
• [txt, html] - RFC1464 - Using the Domain Name System to Store Arbitrary String Attributes
• [txt, html] - RFC1611 - DNS Server MIB Extensions
• [txt, html] - RFC1612 - DNS Resolver MIB Extensions
• [txt, html] - RFC1712 - DNS Encoding of Geographical Location
• [txt, html] - RFC1788 - ICMP Domain Name Messages
• [txt, html] - RFC1876 - A Means for Expressing Location Information in the Domain Name System
• [txt, html] - RFC1886 - DNS Extensions to support IP version 6
• [txt, html] - RFC1995 - Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS
• [txt, html] - RFC1996 - A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes (DNS NOTIFY)
• [txt, html] - RFC2136 - Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)
• [txt, html] - RFC2163 - Using the Internet DNS to Distribute MIXER Conformant Global Address Mapping (MCGAM)
• [txt, html] - RFC2181 - Clarifications to the DNS Specification
• [txt, html] - RFC2182 - Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers
• [txt, html] - RFC2219 - Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services
• [txt, html] - RFC2308 - Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)
• [txt, html] - RFC2345 - Domain Names and Company Name Retrieval
• [txt, html] - RFC2535 - Domain Name System Security Extensions
• [txt, html] - RFC2536 - DSA KEYs and SIGs in the Domain Name System (DNS)
• [txt, html] - RFC2538 - Storing Certificates in the Domain Name System (DNS)
• [txt, html] - RFC2539 - Storage of Diffie-Hellman Keys in the Domain Name System (DNS)
• [txt, html] - RFC2540 - Detached Domain Name System (DNS) Information
• [txt, html] - RFC2606 - Reserved Top Level DNS Names
• [txt, html] - RFC2671 - Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)
• [txt, html] - RFC2672 - Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection
• [txt, html] - RFC2673 - Binary Labels in the Domain Name System
• [txt, html] - RFC2782 - A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
• [txt, html] - RFC2845 - Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS (TSIG)
• [txt, html] - RFC2874 - DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and Renumbering
• [txt, html] - RFC2916 - E.164 number and DNS
• [txt, html] - RFC2929 - Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations
• [txt, html] - RFC2930 - Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR)
• [txt, html] - RFC2931 - DNS Request and Transaction Signatures ( SIG(0)s )
• [txt, html] - RFC3007 - Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Dynamic Update
• [txt, html] - RFC3008 - Domain Name System Security (DNSSEC) Signing Authority
• [txt, html] - RFC3090 - DNS Security Extension Clarification on Zone Status
• [txt, html] - RFC3110 - RSA/SHA-1 SIGs and RSA KEYs in the Domain Name System (DNS)
• [txt, html] - RFC3123 - A DNS RR Type for Lists of Address Prefixes (APL RR)
• [txt, html] - RFC3225 - Indicating Resolver Support of DNSSEC
• [txt, html] - RFC3226 - DNSSEC and IPv6 A6 aware server/resolver message size requirements

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