Skip to Content
Learning Python Networking - Second Edition
book

Learning Python Networking - Second Edition

by José Manuel Ortega, Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarker, Sam Washington
March 2019
Beginner
490 pages
12h 40m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Learning Python Networking - Second Edition

DNS

DNS allows for the association of domain names with IP addresses, which greatly facilitates access to the machines on the network. Without DNS, referring to a machine implies remembering your IP address. Working directly with IP addresses is not comfortable, because they are difficult to remember and because the IP address of a station can vary for different reasons. Whoever uses the domain name does not need to worry about these changes (although the DNS server must know the real IP in each case).

The domain name system is a distributed and hierarchical database, and although its main function is to associate domain names with IP addresses, it can also store other information. The DNS service is one of the pillars of the network, so ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Learning Python Networking

Learning Python Networking

Sam Washington
Python Network Programming

Python Network Programming

Abhishek Ratan, Eric Chou, Pradeeban Kathiravelu, Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarker

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781789958096