RFC1484 Using the OSI Directory to achieve User Friendly Naming (OSI-DS 24 (v1.2)). [c. 1993/07/01]

RFC1485 A String Representation of Distinguished Names (OSI-DS 23 (v5)). [c. 1993/07/01]

RFC1498 On the Naming and Binding of Network Destinations. [c. 1993/08/01]

RFC1611 DNS Server MIB Extensions. [c. 1994/05/01]

RFC2390 Inverse Address Resolution Protocol. [c. 1998/08/01]

RFC1591 Domain Name System Structure and Delegation. [c. 1994/03/01]

RFC1706 DNS NSAP Resource Records. [c. 1994/10/01]

RFC1612 DNS Resolver MIB Extensions. [c. 1994/05/01]

RFC2345 Domain Names and Company Name Retrieval. [c. 1998/05/01]

RFC2317 Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation. [c. 1998/03/01]

RFC2308 Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE). [c. 1998/03/01]

RFC2259 Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol (SNQP). [c. 1998/01/01]

RFC2258 Internet Nomenclator Project. [c. 1998/01/01]

RFC2242 NetWare/IP Domain Name and Information. [c. 1997/11/01]

RFC2352 A Convention For Using Legal Names as Domain Names. [c. 1998/05/01]

RFC2230 Key Exchange Delegation Record for the DNS. [c. 1997/10/01]

RFC2219 Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services. [c. 1997/10/01]

RFC2182 Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers. [c. 1997/07/01]

RFC2181 Clarifications to the DNS Specification. [c. 1997/07/01]

RFC2168 Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain Name System. [c. 1997/06/01]

RFC2165 Service Location Protocol. [c. 1997/06/01]

RFC2137 Secure Domain Name System Dynamic Update. [c. 1997/04/01]

RFC2136 Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE). [c. 1997/04/01]

RFC2053 The AM (Armenia) Domain. [c. 1996/10/01]

RFC2052 A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV). [c. 1996/10/01]

RFC2010 Operational Criteria for Root Name Servers. [c. 1996/10/01]

RFC1996 A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes (DNS NOTIFY). [c. 1996/08/01]

RFC1995 Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS. [c. 1996/08/01]

RFC1982 Serial Number Arithmetic. [c. 1996/08/01]

RFC1956 Registration in the MIL Domain. [c. 1996/06/01]

RFC1886 DNS Extensions to support IP version 6. [c. 1995/12/01]

RFC1879 Class A Subnet Experiment Results and Recommendations. [c. 1996/01/01]

RFC1876 A Means for Expressing Location Information in the Domain Name System. [c. 1996/01/01]

RFC1868 ARP Extension - UNARP. [c. 1995/11/01]

RFC2146 U.S. Government Internet Domain Names. [c. 1997/05/01]

RFC1794 DNS Support for Load Balancing. [c. 1995/04/01]

RFC1788 ICMP Domain Name Messages. [c. 1995/04/01]

RFC1735 NBMA Address Resolution Protocol (NARP). [c. 1994/12/01]

RFC1713 Tools for DNS debugging. [c. 1994/11/01]

RFC1712 DNS Encoding of Geographical Location. [c. 1994/11/01]

RFC2163 Using the Internet DNS to Distribute MIXER Conformant Global Address Mapping (MCGAM). [c. 1998/01/01]

RFC1417 NADF Standing Documents: A Brief Overview. [c. 1993/02/01]

RFC1546 Host Anycasting Service. [c. 1993/11/01]

RFC1912 Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors. [c. 1996/02/01]

RFC1536 Common DNS Implementation Errors and Suggested Fixes. [c. 1993/10/01]

RFC1535 A Security Problem and Proposed Correction With Widely Deployed DNS Software. [c. 1993/10/01]

RFC1464 Using the Domain Name System To Store Arbitrary String Attributes. [c. 1993/05/01]

RFC1401 Correspondence between the IAB and DISA on the use of DNS. [c. 1993/01/01]

RFC1480 The US Domain. [c. 1993/06/01]

RFC1384 Naming Guidelines for Directory Pilots. [c. 1993/02/01]

RFC1329 Thoughts on Address Resolution for Dual MAC FDDI Networks. [c. 1992/05/01]

RFC1296 Internet Growth (1981-1991). [c. 1992/01/01]

RFC1291 Mid-Level Networks Potential Technical Services. [c. 1991/12/01]

RFC1279 X.500 and Domains. [c. 1991/11/01]

RFC1276 Replication and Distributed Operations extensions to provide an Internet Directory using X.500. [c. 1991/11/01]

RFC1275 Replication Requirements to provide an Internet Directory using X.500. [c. 1991/11/01]

RFC1900 Renumbering Needs Work. [c. 1996/02/01]

RFC1274 The COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema. [c. 1991/11/01]

RFC2100 The Naming of Hosts. [c. 1997/04/01]

RFC2072 Router Renumbering Guide. [c. 1997/01/01]

RFC2050 INTERNET REGISTRY IP ALLOCATION GUIDELINES. [c. 1996/11/01]

RFC2036 Observations on the use of Components of the Class A Address Space within the Internet. [c. 1996/10/01]

RFC1917 An Appeal to the Internet Community to Return Unused IP Networks (Prefixes) to the IANA. [c. 1996/02/01]

RFC1916 Enterprise Renumbering: Experience and Information Solicitation. [c. 1996/02/01]

RFC1681 On Many Addresses per Host. [c. 1994/08/01]

RFC1884 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture. [c. 1995/12/01]

RFC1814 Unique Addresses are Good. [c. 1995/06/01]

RFC1744 Observations on the Management of the Internet Address Space. [c. 1994/12/01]

RFC1918 Address Allocation for Private Internets. [c. 1996/02/01]

RFC1758 NADF Standing Documents: A Brief Overview. [c. 1995/02/01]

RFC1355 Privacy and Accuracy Issues in Network Information Center Databases. [c. 1992/08/01]

RFC1249 DIXIE Protocol Specification. [ 1991/08/01]

RFC1236 IP to X.121 address mapping for DDN. [ 1991/06/01]

RFC1219 On the assignment of subnet numbers. [ 1991/04/01]

RFC1183 New DNS RR Definitions. [ 1990/10/01]

RFC1178 Choosing a name for your computer. [ 1990/08/01]

RFC1107 Plan for Internet directory services. [ 1989/07/01]

RFC1101 DNS encoding of network names and other types. [ 1989/04/01]

RFC1065 Structure and identification of management information for TCP/IP-based internets. [ 1988/08/01]

RFC1029 More fault tolerant approach to address resolution for a Multi-LAN system of Ethernets. [ 1988/05/01]

RFC1042 Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over IEEE 802 networks. [ 1988/02/01]

RFC1032 Domain administrators guide. [ 1987/11/01]

RFC1031 MILNET name domain transition. [ 1987/11/01]

RFC1033 Domain administrators operations guide. [ 1987/11/01]

RFC1035 Domain names - implementation and specification. [ 1987/11/01]

RFC1005 ARPANET AHIP-E Host Access Protocol (enhanced AHIP). [ 1987/05/01]

RFC0982 Guidelines for the specification of the structure of the Domain Specific Part (DSP) of the ISO standard NSAP address. [ 1986/04/01]

RFC0953 Hostname Server. [ 1985/10/01]

RFC0952 DoD Internet host table specification. [ 1985/10/01]

RFC0925 Multi-LAN address resolution. [ 1984/10/01]

RFC0920 Domain requirements. [ 1984/10/01]

RFC0921 Domain name system implementation schedule - revised. [ 1984/10/01]

RFC0903 Reverse Address Resolution Protocol. [ 1984/06/01]

RFC0897 Domain name system implementation schedule. [ 1984/02/01]

RFC0881 Domain names plan and schedule. [ 1983/11/01]

RFC0849 Suggestions for improved host table distribution. [ 1983/05/01]

RFC0830 Distributed system for Internet name service. [ 1982/10/01]

RFC0819 Domain naming convention for Internet user applications. [ 1982/08/01]

RFC0814 Name, addresses, ports, and routes. [ 1982/07/01]

RFC0799 Internet name domains. [ 1981/09/01]

RFC0756 NIC name server - a datagram-based information utility. [ 1979/07/01]

RFC0752 Universal host table. [ 1979/01/02]

RFC0606 Host names on-line. [ 1973/12/29]

Domain Name Solution Causes New Problems ( Neal Leavitt ; IEEE Computer Magazine 1999-010)

Developments Shake Domain-Name Plan ( David Clark ; IEEE Computer Magazine 1998-04)

Domain Name Expansion Plan Deserves Support ( Dave Crocker ; IEEE Computer Magazine 1997-07)

Internet Splits over Domain Name Controversy ( Lee Garber, Paul Korzeniowski ; IEEE Computer Magazine 1997-07)

The Top-Level Domain Name Controversy ( Richard Wiggins ; IEEE Computer Magazine 1997-04)

Server Naming Conventions? [2002/03/12]

IP Allocation and Management? [2001/12/11]

What to do when your registrar (NSI) ignores you? [2001/11/20]

Filing a Domain Name Dispute? [2001/11/02]

Obtaining Reverse DNS Records from Your Uplink? [2001/06/08]

Legitimacy Of ICANN? [2001/05/29]

Choosing an Alternate Root Server? [2001/04/16]

Is Network Solutions Changing Your Guardian Settings? [2001/04/11]

Will ISP Use of 10.0.0.0 Addresses Cause Problems? [2001/04/06]

Firewalls That Check DNS Entries? [ 2000/11/02]

How Do You Register A .EDU Domain? [ 2000/10/21]

Windows 2000 Directory Support While Keeping Unix? [ 2000/08/24]

Why Is Internic Restricting WHOIS Queries? [ 2000/07/08]

I want to pretend I have another IP address, so I can use my work machines from home. [ 2000/05/01]

Integrating Open Source And Active Directory? [ 2000/04/13]

Windows 2000 Name Services - What do you think? [ 2000/03/15]

Can't PINE be set up to know the hostname explicitly? [ 2000/03/01]

My home ISP gives me one address via DHCP. How can I get all my other home systems onto the net? [ 2000/01/01]

What Alternative Domain Registrants are out There? [ 1999/10/07]

Can you Transfer Internet Domains Between Registrars? [ 1999/09/12]

Is it possible to ARP address a Linux box? [ 1999/01/18]

Are There Any Alternatives to Ml.Org? [ 1998/12/16]

NT Domain Management Utilities under Linux [ 1998/11/03]

International DNS Wackiness [ 1998/08/20]

Fun with IPs [ 1998/06/29]

Fun with LDAP [ 1998/05/16]

Questions and Answers

hostname(1) - set or print name of current host system {oss}

whois(1) - Internet domain name and network number directory service {oss}

dig(1) - send domain name query packets to name servers {oss}

dnsquery(1) - query domain name servers using resolver {oss}

domainname(1) - set or print YP domain of current host system {oss}

host(1) - query nameserver about domain names and zones {oss}

ypcat(1) - print the values of all keys in a YP database {oss}

ypmatch(1) - print the values of one or more keys in a YP database {oss}

ypwhich(1) - return hostname of YP server of map master {oss}

arp(8) - address resolution display and control {oss}

named-xfer(8) - ancillary agent for inbound zone transfers {oss}

named(8) - Internet domain name server {oss}

named.reload(8) - cause the name server to synchronize its database {oss}

named.restart(8) - stop and restart the name server {oss}

ndc(8) - name daemon control interface {oss}

rarpd(8) - Reverse ARP Daemon {oss}

nslookup(8) - query Internet name servers interactively {oss}

yp(8) - description of the YP subsystem {oss}

ypbind(8) - create and maintain a binding to a YP server {oss}

ypinit(8) - create an YP server (master or slave) {oss}

yppoll(8) - ask version of YP map from YP server {oss}

yppush(8) - force distribution of YP map {oss}

ypserv(8) - YP server daemon {oss}

ypset(8) - tell ypbind(8) which YP server process to use {oss}

yptest(8) - calls different YP routines {oss}

ypxfr(8) - get a YP map from YP server {oss}

stdethers(8) - a YP filter program {oss}

stdhosts(8) - a YP filter program {oss}

netgroup_mkdb(8) - generate the netgroup databases {oss}

portmap(8) - DARPA port to RPC program number mapper {oss}

revnetgroup(8) - generate reverse netgroup data {oss}

des - Purported DES program in C {oss}

MetaDDNS {oss}

LDAP authentication module for apache - The module can be used for HTTP basic authentication via LDAP. That means if you use LDAP in your organization you won't have to create yet another text file for user authentication, just compile the module with apache and done! {(L)GPL}

webresolve-0.1.0 - Webresolve resolves IP addresses to host names in web log files

totd-1.3_1 - DNS proxy that supports IPv6 <==> IPv4 record translation

pdnsd-1.1.7a - Caching (permanently, writes to disk on exit) DNS proxy-server

nsping-0.8 - DNS "ping"

jwhois-3.1.0_2 - An improved WHOIS client capable of selecting server to query

ipw-3.3.a - A "whois" replacement that automatically queries several databases

doc-2.1.4 - Diagnose unhealthy DNS domains

dns_balance-0.6 - A dynamic load-balancing DNS server

djbdns-1.05 - A collection of secure and reliable DNS tools

dhisd-5.1 - DHIS server for updating dynamic DNS entries in DNS tables

dhid-4.0.2 - DHIS client for updating dynamic DNS entries in dhisd DNS tables

ddup-3.0.1 - A DynDNS.org client for UNIX (Now support NIC v2.0)

satellite-1.0.2 - A system for tracking machines with dynamic IP addresses

walker-1.0 - Recover zone file information from servers that use DNSSEC

p5-Net-DLookup-1.01 - Perform domain lookups on 2-letter and 3-letter TLDs

sleuth-1.3 - A tool for checking DNS zones

host-991529 - An utility to query DNS servers

ipcheck-0.153,1 - A fully compliant DynDNS.org client for UNIX (supports NIC v2.0)

maradns-0.9.19 - A DNS server implementation with focus on security and simplicity

odsclient-1.02 - ODS Dynamic DNS Client

p5-Net-XWhois-0.82_1 - Whois Client Interface for Perl5

ddclient-3.6.2 - Update dynamic DNS entries

dnssecwalker-2.0 - DNSSEC Walker

dnstracer-1.4 - Trace a chain of DNS servers to the source

geta-19990419 - Geta(GET Address) - Simple IPv4/IPv6 address resolving tool

ip6_int-1.0 - Convert an IPv4/IPv6 address to an in-addr.arpa/ip6.int PTR value

nbtscan-1.0.2 - NetBIOS name network scanner

p5-Net-IPv6Addr-0.1 - Perl extension for manipulating IPv6 addresses

p5-POE-Component-Client-DNS-0.93 - POE component for non-blocking/concurrent DNS queries

staticcharge-0.4 - A GTK client for the StaticCling dynamic DNS service

zh-bind-8.3.1 - The Berkeley Internet Name Daemon, an implementation of DNS

xwhois-0.4.0 - A GTK-based frontend to the whois service (RFC954)

whatmask-1.1 - Easily convert between three common subnet mask notations

dnsutl-1.6 - Programs to make using DNS easier

h2n-1.29 - Translate host table to name server file format

hesiod-3.0.2 - A directory service built on DNS and BIND.

nslint-2.1.a3 - Perform consistency checks on DNS zone files

ripetools-2.4 - RIPE's own version of whois, and a RIPE database tool

rwhois-1.5.7 - The Internic referral whois server

ipcalc-0.35_1 - IP Calculator

ien116-server - IEN116 Nameserver {oss}

ien116 - Updated IEN-116 namesever {oss}

rfc_882 - RFC 882 - Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities {oss}

hostcvt.pch2 - convert /etc/hosts files into DNS zone files, Patch02 {oss}

parpd1.2 - proxy arp daemon for sunos/NIT, V1.2 {oss}

subnetARP - 4.3BSD IP subnet ARP hack {oss}

yp-quote - Building custom Yellow Page Maps {oss}

hostcvt - convert /etc/hosts files into DNS zone files {oss}

ns2tab - Increasing the usefullnes of the nameserver {oss}

hostid-sun - change hostid on a Sun {oss}

Dents - Well-designed nameserver which aims to be completely standards comformant {GPL}

Simple Distributed DataBase - A fast, truly distributed Network Directory Service {GPL}

X-GnuDIP2 - GTK client for the GnuDIP dynamic dns project {x,GPL}

mkrdns - Program to automatically generate reverse DNS zone files (PTR records) {GPL}

Staticky.com DynDNS - Client for staticky.com's free Dynamic DNS service {GPL}

Name Server Configurator - A set of scripts for easy DNS configuration. {GPL}

GnuDIP - Dynamic DNS package. Includes everything to run your own ml.org equivalent. {GPL}

rc.laptopnet - Ethernet Device configurer for laptops that move around. {OpenSource}

dennis - Automated DNS builder {GPL}

Ganymede - GPL'ed Network Directory Management System {x,GPL}

NED - Dyndns server and client package {free to use but restricted}

Bind - Berkeley Internet Name Domain {free to use but restricted}

kcmbind - A KDE front-end to configure bind [X] {GPL}

ypserv - Simple network lookupservice consisting of databases and processes {GPL}

ypbind-mt - ypbind-mt is a complete new implementation of a NIS binding daemon {GPL}

TZO Internet Naming System - Dynamic DNS Software client {Shareware}

dlint-1.4.0 - Lint for DNS zones (Domain Name Server zone verification utility)

rrlogind-sv - Time Warner RoadRunner login client for Linux

domtools-1.5.0 - Set of utilities for extracting information from DNS records

rc.virt - perl script to automate adding ips for ip aliasing

Applications and Utilities

des_read_password, des_read_2password, des_string_to_key, des_string_to_2key, des_read_pw_string, des_random_key, des_set_key, des_key_sched, des_ecb_encrypt, des_3ecb_encrypt, des_cbc_encrypt, des_3cbc_encrypt, - (non USA) DES encryption {oss}

inet_addr inet_aton inet_lnaof inet_makeaddr inet_netof inet_network inet_ntoa inet_ntop inet_pton (3) - Internet address manipulation routines {oss}

gethostbyname gethostbyname2 gethostbyaddr gethostent sethostent endhostent hstrerror herror (3) - get network host entry {oss}

getservent getservbyport getservbyname setservent endservent (3) - get service entry {oss}

getprotoent getprotobynumber getprotobyname setprotoent endprotoent (3) - get protocol entry {oss}

res_query res_search res_mkquery res_send res_init dn_comp dn_expand (3) - resolver routines {oss}

getnetent getnetbyaddr getnetbyname setnetent endnetent (3) - get network entry {oss}

getnetgrent innetgr setnetgrent endnetgrent (3) - netgroup database operations {oss}

getrpcent getrpcbyname getrpcbynumber endrpcent setrpcent (3) - get RPC entry {oss}

iso_addr iso_ntoa (3) - elementary network address conversion routines for Open System Interconnection {oss}

ether_aton ether_ntoa ether_addr ether_ntohost ether_hostton ether_line (3) - get ethers entry {oss}

getdomainname setdomainname (3) - get/set YP domain name of current host {oss}

gethostid sethostid (3) - get/set unique identifier of current host {oss}

gethostname sethostname (3) - get/set name of current host {oss}

ipx_addr ipx_ntoa (3) - IPX address conversion routines {oss}

ns_addr ns_ntoa (3) - Xerox NS(tm) address conversion routines {oss}

link_inet_addr inet_aton inet_lnaof inet_makeaddr inet_netof inet_network inet_ntoa inet_ntop inet_pton (3) - elementary address specification routines for link level access {oss}

inet_net_ntop inet_net_pton (3) - Internet network number manipulation routines {oss}

yp_all yp_bind yp_first yp_get_default_domain yp_master yp_match yp_next yp_order yp_unbind yperr_string ypprot_err (3) - Interface to the YP subsystem {oss}

p5-Net-Patricia-1.010 - perl module for fast IP address lookups

ghtool-1.0 - A command-line interface to the resolver library

ruby-nis-0.1.1 - A Ruby library to use the NIS/YP API

p5-Net-ParseWhois-0.62 - Extendable perl5 module for parsing whois information

py22-adns-1.0.0 - A Python Interface to adns, the asynchronous DNS library

p5-Net-DNS-0.14 - Perl5 interface to the DNS resolver

p5-Net-Whois-1.9 - A perl5 module to get information using the Whois protocol

p5-Net-Netmask-1.9002 - Perl module to parse, manipulate and lookup IP network blocks

Net::Country - Expands Internet country codes (e.g. BE) to English country names (e.g. Belgium). [Perl] {oss}

Locale::Country - Two-letter codes for country identification (e.g. "us", "uk", "de"). Part of the locale-codes distribution. [Perl] {oss}

Net::Bind - An interface to bind daemon files. [Perl] {oss}

Locale::Language - Two-letter codes for language identification. Part of the locale-codes distribution. [Perl] {oss}

adns - is a resolver library for C and C++ programs. {GPL,GNU}

Net::Domain - Evaluate the current host's Internet name and domain. [Perl] {oss}

Libraries and Functions

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Directories and Catalogging - Library and CD catalogs, phone books, bibliographies, et al

Internet Assigned Numbers - Internet assigned numbers.

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(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/admin/nis/ - NIS (Network Information System) support

freshmeat.net : Topic : Internet : Name Service (DNS)

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/network/daemons/dns/ - programs for implementing name services

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/network/daemons/dns/bind/ - Various versions of the Berkely Internet Name Domain server

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/network/daemons/dns/bind/ - Various versions of the Berkely Internet Name Domain server

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/network/daemons/dns/ - programs for implementing name services