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Index: H

hackers, BIND versions and: 11.2.1. BIND Version

halt command: 7.1.2. rndc and controls (BIND 9)

header section (DNS messages): 12.6.1. Showing the Query and Response Messages

15.2.1. DNS Message Format
A.2.2. Header Section Format
Perl objects for: 15.3.3. Header Objects

heartbeat interval: 16.4.7. Running Authoritative Name Servers over Dial-on-Demand

help for available commands: 7.1.1. ndc and controls (BIND 8)

h_errno variable: 15.2.4. The Resolver Library Routines

herror routine: 15.2.4. The Resolver Library Routines

Hesiod class: 2.1.3. Resource Records

HINFO records: 16.6.1. Host Information

A.1.2. Types
query statistics for: 7.6.2.1. BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics

hint data/hints (see root hints data)

HMAC-MD5 algorithm: 7.1.2. rndc and controls (BIND 9)

h2n utility: 4.6. Tools

7.2.5. Generating Zone Data Files from the Host Table
14.3.1. Forgot to Increment Serial Number
transitioning to subdomains and: 9.7. Managing the Transition to Subdomains

homogeneity, choosing hosts and: 8.1.1. Where Do I Put My Name Servers?

host-information queries: 7.6.2.1. BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics

host names

checking for conformance: 4.5. Host Name Checking (BIND 4.9.4 and Later Versions)
rules for: 4.5. Host Name Checking (BIND 4.9.4 and Later Versions)

host table aliases: 4.2.6. Address and Alias Records

host tables: 1.2.1. The History of the Domain Name System

email destinations and: 5. DNS and Electronic Mail
h2n utility for mapping: 4.6. Tools
using instead of DNS: 1.5. Must I Use DNS?

host unreachable message: 6.1.4.1. One name server configured

host utility

obtaining/building: 9.6. Good Parenting
using: 9.6.1. Using host

HOSTALIASES environment variable: 6.3.4. Providing Aliases

host.aliases file: 6.3.4. Providing Aliases

hostmaster as email address: 4.2.4. SOA Records

hostname command

default domain name, setting with

primary master name server: 4.7.3.1. Set the local domain name

local domain name, setting with: 6.1.1. The Local Domain Name

setting default domain name with

slave name servers: 4.8.1. Setup

hostresorder directive: 6.4.6. Silicon Graphics' IRIX

HOSTRESORDER environment variable: 6.4.6. Silicon Graphics' IRIX

hosts: 2.1.2. Domains

adding/deleting: 7.2.1. Adding and Deleting Hosts

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

choosing: 8.1.1. Where Do I Put My Name Servers?

configuring: 6. Configuring Hosts

consequences of: 6.3. Minimizing Pain and Suffering
vendor-specific resolver configurations: 6.4. Vendor -Specific Options

CPU utilization and: 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

determining aliases of: 16.1.6. Finding Out a Host's Aliases

disambiguating: 6.3.3. Updating .rhosts, hosts.equiv, etc.

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

information records (see HINFO records)

local domain name, setting for: 4.7.3.1. Set the local domain name

location of, listed in TXT records: 7.2.4.1. General text information

multihomed (see multihomed hosts)

name collisions and: 1.2.1. The History of the Domain Name System

network interface interval for: 10.12.3.2. Interface interval

RP record for: 7.2.4.2. Responsible Person

statistics for: 7.6.2.1. BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics

views and: 10.6. Views

hosts file

empty: 6.4.1.3. Ignoring NIS
outages and: 8.6.2. Longer Outages (Days)

hosts.equiv file, updating: 6.3.3. Updating .rhosts, hosts.equiv, etc.

HOSTS.TXT file: 1.2.1. The History of the Domain Name System

network names and numbers and: 16.5. Network Names and Numbers

housekeeping (see entries at maintenance)

HP-UX, configuring resolvers for: 6.4.3. HP's HP-UX

HS (Hesiod) class: 2.1.3. Resource Records

HUP signal: 7.1.3. Using Signals

hyphen (-) in host names: 4.5. Host Name Checking (BIND 4.9.4 and Later Versions)

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