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Practical Packet Analysis, 2nd Edition
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Practical Packet Analysis, 2nd Edition

by Chris Sanders
June 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
280 pages
7h 56m
English
No Starch Press
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Domain Name System

The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most crucial Internet protocols because it is the proverbial molasses that holds the bread together. DNS ties names, such as www.google.com, to IP addresses, such as 74.125.159.99. When we want to communicate with a networked device and we don’t know its IP address, we access that device via its DNS name.

DNS servers store a database of resource records of IP address-to-DNS name mappings, which they share with clients and other DNS servers.

Note

Because the architecture of DNS servers is complicated, we will just look at some common types of DNS traffic. You can review the various DNS-related RFCs at http://www.isc.org/community/reference/RFCs/DNS.

The DNS Packet Structure

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