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Features Description
Implementation Used BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) Service
Operating Systems
OpenVMS
Tru64 UNIX
Windows NT
Description
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The common DNS implementation, Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) service,
is a host name and address lookup service for the Internet network. The BIND
service is based on the client-server model. It allows client systems to
obtain host names and addresses from BIND servers.
Features
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DNS has a hierarchical, distributed namespace that makes it easy
to remember and locate the many hosts located throughout the internet.
BIND is a lookup service that maps host names to IP addresses
and IP addresses to host names in response to queries from other BIND
servers and clients in the network.
BIND can provide information on available mail servers and
well-known services for a domain.
BIND is based on a client/server model:
Servers maintain databases of
host names
IP addresses
mail records
text records
other network objects
When client systems require this information, they query the
servers.
The Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC) provides the
Internet community with services for domain
registration, directories and databases, and other information.
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