September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
8h 53m
English
Content preview from Solaris™ 9 Network Administrator Exam Cram™ 2 (Exam CX-310-044)
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Chapter 10. Domain Name System (DNS)
Terms you'll need to understand:
Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (BIND)
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/named.conf
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
in.named
Name resolution
Primary server
Resource records
Root domain
Secondary server
Top-level domain
Zone of authority
Concepts you'll need to master:
Explain the purpose of DNS in a network environment.
Explain how to configure a primary and secondary DNS server and a DNS client.
Given DNS server output for a problem scenario, identify strategies to resolve the problem.
Domain name system (DNS) is the mechanism by which IP addresses are resolved from domain names and vice versa. The primary use for DNS is on the Internet, where it resolves any hostname to its relevant IP address. ...