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18.1 DNS Resource Records
No database can exist without records, and DNS was defined to store
name and address information as well as provide the capacity to store
other information as well. DNS data is stored in resource records (RRs).
As defined in the internet standard for DNS,
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“A domain name identi-
fies a node. Each node has a set of resource information, which may be
empty. The set of resource information associated with a particular name
is composed of separate resource records.”
In this section, we look at the basics of DNS RRs, including those origi-
nally defined for use with IPv4, how new ones can be added, and the ...