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Index: D

d2 option (nslookup): 12.3. Option Settings

12.6.1. Showing the Query and Response Messages

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

data field (resource records): 4.5. Host Name Checking (BIND 4.9.4 and Later Versions)

data files (see zone data files)

data segment size, changing: 10.12.2.1. Changing the data segment size limit

data, troubleshooting old: 14.7.7. Can't Get Rid of Old Data

database dump, how to read: 14.2.3. How to Read a Database Dump

database files (see zone data files)

datasize substatement: 10.12.2.1. Changing the data segment size limit

E.2.11.3. limit datasize

db category: 7.5.3.1. BIND 8 categories

db files (see zone data files)

db.ADDR files: 4.2. Setting Up Zone Data

SOA record required in: 4.2.4. SOA Records

db.cache file: 4.2.10. The Root Hints Data

4.2.10. The Root Hints Data
(see also root hints file)
temporary root name server and: 8.6.3. Really Long Outages ( Weeks)
updating: 7.2.6. Keeping the Root Hints Current

db.DOMAIN files: 4.2. Setting Up Zone Data

SOA record required in: 4.2.4. SOA Records

db.root file

creating for temporary root name server: 8.6.3. Really Long Outages ( Weeks)
internal roots and: 11.3.4.4. The db.root file

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

debug option (nslookup): 12.3. Option Settings

12.6.1. Showing the Query and Response Messages

debug severity: 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

debug substatement: E.5.7. options debug (4.9+)

E.5.8. options no-check-names (8.2+)
E.5.9. options attempts (8.2+)
E.5.10. options timeout (8.2+)
E.5.11. options rotate (8.2+)

debugging: 13. Reading BIND Debugging Output

command for turning off: 7.1.1. ndc and controls (BIND 8)
interpreting output: 13.3. Reading Debugging Output
levels of: 13.1. Debugging Levels
named-xfer utility for: 14.2.1. How to Use named-xfer
nslookup and: 12.3. Option Settings
option for resolvers/name servers: 6.1.6. The options Directive
turning on: 13.2. Turning On Debugging
turning on when analyzing overworked name servers: 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

decimal serial numbers vs. integer serial numbers: 7.2.2. SOA Serial Numbers

7.2.2. SOA Serial Numbers
(see also serial numbers)

default category: 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

BIND 9: 7.5.3.2. BIND 9 categories

default domain, not set: 14.3.12. Local Domain Name Not Set

defaultrouter file: 8.5.2. Recommendations

defaults

domain name

option for: 12.3. Option Settings
setting for host: 4.7.3.1. Set the local domain name

origin for zone data files, changing: 7.3.2. Changing the Origin in a Zone Data File

search list: 6.1.2. The Search List

severity: 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

TTL: 8.4. Changing TTLs

8.4.1. Changing Other SOA Values

default_stderr channel: 7.5.2.3. Stderr channel

defname option (nslookup): 12.3. Option Settings

delegated name servers: 11.2.5.1. "Delegated" name server configuration

delegation

checking: 9.6. Good Parenting

14.3.10. Incorrect Subdomain Delegation

managing with stubs: 9.6.2.1. Stubs: another way to manage delegation

old information: 14.7.7.1. Old delegation information

14.7.7.1. Old delegation information

securing for in-addr.arpa zone: 3.2.5. Registering Your Zones

subdomains and: 3.2.3.1. The us domain

14.3.9. Missing Subdomain Delegation
14.3.10. Incorrect Subdomain Delegation

delegations

bad: 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages
lame (see lame delegation)

deleting

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

DHCP protocol, dynamic updates and: 10.2. DNS Dynamic Update

dial-on-demand connections: 16.4.7. Running Authoritative Name Servers over Dial-on-Demand

Dial-Up Networking (see DUN)

dialup connections: 16.4. Dialup Connections

mamual: 16.4.3. Manual Dialup with One Host

dialup substatement: 16.4.7. Running Authoritative Name Servers over Dial-on-Demand

dig utility: 7.2.6. Keeping the Root Hints Current

vs. nslookup: 12.9. Using dig
options for: 12.9.3. dig Options
using: 12.9. Using dig
zone transfers, performing with: 12.9.2. Zone Transfers with dig

Digital Unix, configuring resolvers for: 6.4.5. Compaq's Tru64 Unix and Digital Unix

directives: 6.1. The Resolver

list of: E.1. BIND Name Server Boot File Directives and Configuration File Statements

directories, organizing zone data files in: 7.3.1. Using Several Directories

disabled UDP checksums: 14.5.5. Name Server Startup Fails Because UDP Checksums Disabled

disasters (see troubleshooting, preventing and handling disasters)

distfile file: 8.2.1. Primary Master and Slave Servers

dname parameter (res_search): 15.2.4. The Resolver Library Routines

DNAME records: 10.16.2. A6, DNAMEs, Bitstring Labels, and ip6.arpa

creating aliases with: 16.1.1. CNAMEs Attached to Interior Nodes
reverse mapping and: 10.16.2.2. DNAME records and reverse mapping

DNS client: 6.1.4. The nameserver Directive

DNS (Domain Name System): 1.3. The Domain Name System in a Nutshell

configuring hosts for: 6. Configuring Hosts

consequences of: 6.3. Minimizing Pain and Suffering

documentation about, limited: 0. Preface

email and: 5. DNS and Electronic Mail

extensions, working group for: 3.1.1. Handy Mailing Lists and Usenet Newsgroups

filesystems, comparison with: 1.3. The Domain Name System in a Nutshell

2.1. The Domain Name Space
domains and: 2.1.2. Domains

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

how it works: 2. How Does DNS Work?

message format: 12.6.1. Showing the Query and Response Messages

15.2.1. DNS Message Format

NIS, using with: 6.4.1.2. Using DNS with NIS

Security Extensions (see DNSSEC)

when to use: 1.5. Must I Use DNS?

Windows2002 and: 16.8. DNS and Windows 2000

WINS and: 16.7. DNS and WINS

DNS Dynamic Update (see dynamic update)

DNS messages: 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

DNS NOTIFY: 4.8.3. SOA Values

10.3. DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification)
BIND support for: 3.1. Getting BIND

DNS resource records: 4.2.1. The Zone Data Files

DNS traffic: 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

calculating: 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

DNS UPDATE (see dynamic update)

DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions): 11.4. The DNS Security Extensions

dynamic update and: 11.4.9. DNSSEC and Dynamic Update
performance and: 11.4.7. DNSSEC and Performance
using records and: 11.4.6. How the Records Are Used

domain directive: 6.1. The Resolver

E.5.1. domain
BIND 4.9 and: 6.1.3. The search Directive
setting local domain name with: 6.1.1. The Local Domain Name

domain name aliases: 1.3. The Domain Name System in a Nutshell

domain name labels: 2.1.1. Domain Names

4.5. Host Name Checking (BIND 4.9.4 and Later Versions)
dot (.) separating: 1.3. The Domain Name System in a Nutshell
resource record data and: A.3.1. Data Format

domain name space: 2.1. The Domain Name Space

CIDR and: 3.2.4. Checking That Your Network Is Registered

Domain Name System (see DNS)

domain names: 1.3. The Domain Name System in a Nutshell

2.1.1. Domain Names

2.1.2. Domains

appending origin to: 4.4.1. Appending Domain Names

as argument in RP record: 7.2.4.2. Responsible Person

choosing: 3.2. Choosing a Domain Name

under gTLD: 3.2.3.2. The generic top-level domains

collisions of (see name collisions)

compressing/expanding: 15.2.3. Domain Name Compression

default, option for: 12.3. Option Settings

fully qualified (FQDNs): 2.1.1. Domain Names

6.1.2. The Search List

how to read: 2.2.3. Reading Domain Names

local: 6.1.1. The Local Domain Name

can't be looked up: 14.7.1. Local Name Can't Be Looked Up

looking up local and remote with nslookup: 4.7.3. Testing Your Setup with nslookup

mail exchangers for: 5.1. MX Records

mapping (see mapping)

ndots setting for: 6.1.6. The options Directive

registering: 3.2.5. Registering Your Zones

resource record data and: A.3.1. Data Format

servers for (see primary master name servers slave name servers)

setting

for host: 4.7.3.1. Set the local domain name
search order for: 6.1.3. The search Directive

storing: 15.2.2. Domain Name Storage

trailing dot (.) in: 14.3.6. Missing Dot at the End of a Domain Name in a Zone Data File

A.1. Master File Format

domains: 1.3. The Domain Name System in a Nutshell

2.1.2. Domains

(see also subdomains; parenting)

default: 14.3.12. Local Domain Name Not Set

delegating: 2.3. Delegation

14.3.9. Missing Subdomain Delegation
14.3.10. Incorrect Subdomain Delegation
old information: 14.7.7.1. Old delegation information

getting information about: 3.2.2. Where in the World Do I Fit?

international domains: 3.2.2. Where in the World Do I Fit?
U.S. domains: 3.2.3. Back in the U.S.A.

in-addr.arpa (see in-addr.arpa domain)

internationalization and: 2.2.1. Top-Level Domains

levels and: 2.1.2. Domains

names of (see domain names)

nonexistent domain message: 12.7.3. No PTR Record for Name Server's Address

original seven top-level: 2.2.1. Top-Level Domains

parenting and (see parenting)

vs. subdomains: 2.1.2. Domains

top-level (see top-level domains)

whois lookup service for: 3.2.2. Where in the World Do I Fit?

3.2.2.1. Using whois

vs. zones: 2.4. Name Servers and Zones

dot (.)

local domain name and: 6.1.1. The Local Domain Name

ndots option: E.5.6. options ndots (4.9+)

ndots setting for: 6.1.6. The options Directive

indicating root node: 1.3. The Domain Name System in a Nutshell

separating domain name labels: 1.3. The Domain Name System in a Nutshell

trailing: 4.2.4. SOA Records

6.1.2. The Search List

indicating absolute domain name: 2.1.1. Domain Names

A.1. Master File Format

in domain names: 14.3.6. Missing Dot at the End of a Domain Name in a Zone Data File

importance of not omitting: 4.4.1. Appending Domain Names

troubleshooting: 14.3.6. Missing Dot at the End of a Domain Name in a Zone Data File

dotted-octet notation: 2.6.6. Mapping Addresses to Names

CIDR and: 3.2.4. Checking That Your Network Is Registered

dumpdb command: 7.1.1. ndc and controls (BIND 8)

DUN (Dial-Up Networking): 16.4. Dialup Connections

Windows 98 and: 6.4.9. Windows 98

Dunlap, Kevin: 1.4. The History of BIND

duplicate queries: 7.6.2.1. BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics

dynamic severity: 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

dynamic update: 10.2. DNS Dynamic Update

BIND support for: 3.1. Getting BIND
DNSSEC and: 11.4.9. DNSSEC and Dynamic Update
restricting with TSIG: 11.1.4. Using TSIG
Windows2002 and: 16.8.1. How Windows 2000 Uses Dynamic Update

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