Published on : January 13, 2017 by Navesh M N
Every computer on the Internet, be it a web server, home computer or any other network device has a unique IP address allotted to it. With millions of websites on the Internet, it is impossible for people to remember the IP address of every website in order to access it. Therefore, the concept of domain […]
Published on : November 29, 2012 by George K.
While checking a site nonavailability issue, I came across multiple expiration dates for the domain, when checked through WHOIS. The top portion of the result showed an expiration date which is one year ahead of the expiration date shown in the lower part of the same result. This amused me a lot and inspired me […]
Published on : May 26, 2010 by Arnold Pablo
As I have mentioned in the PART III of this article, all the NS in the Internet will be aware of the IP of root servers. This information is provided in a file which comes along with the name server software package. The file is named.root or named.ca (it varies). This file is called the […]
Published on : by Arnold Pablo
What is Domain Name Resolution Process? When we type in a domain name to the browser the ‘Resolver’ program (the client-side of the DNS is called a DNS Resolver) is responsible for initiating and sequencing the queries that ultimately lead to a full resolution (translation) of the resource sought, i.e. translation of a domain name […]
Published on : May 25, 2010 by Arnold Pablo
Before I go on to the query process, I would like to present a small briefing about Domain Names basics : The Domain Name System uses a tree (or hierarchical) name structure. At the top of the tree is the root node followed by the Top-Level Domains (TLDs), then the Second-Level Domains (SLD) and any […]
