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Index: D

• d2 option (nslookup): Option Settings
• • Showing the Query and Response Messages
• DARPA: (Very) Brief History of the Internet
• data field (resource records): Host Name Checking (BIND 4.9.4 and Later Versions)
• data files (see zone data files)
• data segment size, changing: Changing the data segment size limit
• data, troubleshooting old: Can't Get Rid of Old Data
• database dump, how to read: How to Read a Database Dump
• database files (see zone data files)
• datasize substatement: Changing the data segment size limit
• • limit datasize
• db category: BIND 8 categories
• db files (see zone data files)
• db.ADDR files: Setting Up Zone Data
• • SOA record required in: SOA Records
• db.cache file: The Root Hints Data
• • The Root Hints Data
  • (see also root hints file)
  • temporary root name server and: Really Long Outages ( Weeks)
  • updating: Keeping the Root Hints Current
• db.DOMAIN files: Setting Up Zone Data
• • SOA record required in: SOA Records
• db.root file
• • creating for temporary root name server: Really Long Outages ( Weeks)
  • internal roots and: The db.root file
• debug messages, logging (BIND 8/9): Logging in BIND 8 and 9
• debug option (nslookup): Option Settings
• • Showing the Query and Response Messages
• debug severity: Logging in BIND 8 and 9
• debug substatement: options debug (4.9+)
• • options no-check-names (8.2+)
  • options attempts (8.2+)
  • options timeout (8.2+)
  • options rotate (8.2+)
• debugging: Reading BIND Debugging Output
• • command for turning off: ndc and controls (BIND 8)
  • interpreting output: Reading Debugging Output
  • levels of: Debugging Levels
  • named-xfer utility for: How to Use named-xfer
  • nslookup and: Option Settings
  • option for resolvers/name servers: The options Directive
  • turning on: Turning On Debugging
  • turning on when analyzing overworked name servers: Capacity Planning
• decimal serial numbers vs. integer serial numbers: SOA Serial Numbers
• • SOA Serial Numbers
  • (see also serial numbers)
• default category: Logging in BIND 8 and 9
• • BIND 9: BIND 9 categories
• default domain, not set: Local Domain Name Not Set
• defaultrouter file: Recommendations
• defaults
• • domain name
  • • option for: Option Settings
    • setting for host: Set the local domain name
  • origin for zone data files, changing: Changing the Origin in a Zone Data File
  • search list: The Search List
  • severity: Logging in BIND 8 and 9
  • TTL: Changing TTLs
  • • Changing Other SOA Values
• default_stderr channel: Stderr channel
• defname option (nslookup): Option Settings
• delegated name servers: "Delegated" name server configuration
• delegation
• • checking: Good Parenting
  • • Incorrect Subdomain Delegation
  • managing with stubs: Stubs: another way to manage delegation
  • old information: Old delegation information
  • • Old delegation information
  • securing for in-addr.arpa zone: Registering Your Zones
  • subdomains and: The us domain
  • • Missing Subdomain Delegation
    • Incorrect Subdomain Delegation
• delegations
• • bad: Common Syslog Messages
  • lame (see lame delegation)
• deleting
• • aliases: Removing Parent Aliases
  • CNAME records: Removing Parent Aliases
  • hosts: Adding and Deleting Hosts
• DHCP protocol, dynamic updates and: DNS Dynamic Update
• dial-on-demand connections: Running Authoritative Name Servers over Dial-on-Demand
• Dial-Up Networking (see DUN)
• dialup connections: Dialup Connections
• • mamual: Manual Dialup with One Host
• dialup substatement: Running Authoritative Name Servers over Dial-on-Demand
• dig utility: Keeping the Root Hints Current
• • vs. nslookup: Using dig
  • options for: dig Options
  • using: Using dig
  • zone transfers, performing with: Zone Transfers with dig
• Digital Unix, configuring resolvers for: Compaq's Tru64 Unix and Digital Unix
• directives: The Resolver
• • list of: BIND Name Server Boot File Directives and Configuration File Statements
• directories, organizing zone data files in: Using Several Directories
• disabled UDP checksums: Name Server Startup Fails Because UDP Checksums Disabled
• disasters (see troubleshooting, preventing and handling disasters)
• distfile file: Primary Master and Slave Servers
• dname parameter (res_search): The Resolver Library Routines
• DNAME records: , DNAMEs, Bitstring Labels, and ip6.arpa
• • creating aliases with: CNAMEs Attached to Interior Nodes
  • reverse mapping and: DNAME records and reverse mapping
• DNS client: The nameserver Directive
• DNS (Domain Name System): The Domain Name System tutorial
• • configuring hosts for: Configuring Hosts
  • • consequences of: Minimizing Pain and Suffering
  • documentation about, limited: Preface
  • email and: DNS and Electronic Mail
  • extensions, working group for: Handy Mailing Lists and Usenet Newsgroups
  • filesystems, comparison with: The Domain Name System tutorial
  • • The Domain Name Space
    • domains and: Domains
  • history of: The History of the Domain Name System
  • how it works: How Does DNS Work?
  • message format: Showing the Query and Response Messages
  • • DNS Message Format
  • NIS, using with: Using DNS with NIS
  • Security Extensions (see DNSSEC)
  • when to use: Must I Use DNS?
  • Windows2002 and: DNS and Windows
  • WINS and: DNS and WINS
• DNS Dynamic Update (see dynamic update)
• DNS messages: Common Syslog Messages
• DNS NOTIFY: SOA Values
• • DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification)
  • BIND support for: Getting BIND
• DNS resource records: The Zone Data Files
• DNS traffic: Capacity Planning
• • calculating: Capacity Planning
• DNS UPDATE (see dynamic update)
• DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions): The DNS Security Extensions
• • dynamic update and: DNSSEC and Dynamic Update
  • performance and: DNSSEC and Performance
  • using records and: How the Records Are Used
• domain directive: The Resolver
• • domain
  • BIND 4.9 and: The search Directive
  • setting local domain name with: The Local Domain Name
• domain name aliases: The Domain Name System tutorial
• domain name labels: Domain Names
• • Host Name Checking (BIND 4.9.4 and Later Versions)
  • dot (.) separating: The Domain Name System tutorial
  • resource record data and: Data Format
• domain name space: The Domain Name Space
• • CIDR and: Checking That Your Network Is Registered
• Domain Name System (see DNS)
• domain names: The Domain Name System tutorial
• • Domain Names
  • Domains
  • appending origin to: Appending Domain Names
  • as argument in RP record: Responsible Person
  • choosing: Choosing a Domain Name
  • • under gTLD: The generic top-level domains
  • collisions of (see name collisions)
  • compressing/expanding: Domain Name Compression
  • default, option for: Option Settings
  • fully qualified (FQDNs): Domain Names
  • • The Search List
  • how to read: Reading Domain Names
  • local: The Local Domain Name
  • • can't be looked up: Local Name Can't Be Looked Up
  • looking up local and remote with nslookup: Testing Your Setup with nslookup
  • mail exchangers for: MX Records
  • mapping (see mapping)
  • ndots setting for: The options Directive
  • registering: Registering Your Zones
  • resource record data and: Data Format
  • servers for (see primary master name servers slave name servers)
  • setting
  • • for host: Set the local domain name
    • search order for: The search Directive
  • storing: Domain Name Storage
  • trailing dot (.) in: Missing Dot at the End of a Domain Name in a Zone Data File
  • • Master File Format
• domains: The Domain Name System tutorial
• • Domains
  • Domains
  • (see also subdomains; parenting)
  • default: Local Domain Name Not Set
  • delegating: Delegation
  • • Missing Subdomain Delegation
    • Incorrect Subdomain Delegation
    • old information: Old delegation information
  • getting information about: Where in the World Do I Fit?
  • • international domains: Where in the World Do I Fit?
    • U.S. domains: Back in the U.S.A.
  • in-addr.arpa (see in-addr.arpa domain)
  • internationalization and: Top-Level Domains
  • levels and: Domains
  • names of (see domain names)
  • nonexistent domain message: No PTR Record for Name Server's Address
  • original seven top-level: Top-Level Domains
  • parenting and (see parenting)
  • vs. subdomains: Domains
  • top-level (see top-level domains)
  • whois lookup service for: Where in the World Do I Fit?
  • • Using whois
  • vs. zones: Name Servers and Zones
• dot (.)
• • local domain name and: The Local Domain Name
  • ndots option: options ndots (4.9+)
  • ndots setting for: The options Directive
  • indicating root node: The Domain Name System tutorial
  • separating domain name labels: The Domain Name System tutorial
  • trailing: SOA Records
  • • The Search List
    • indicating absolute domain name: Domain Names
    • • Master File Format
    • in domain names: Missing Dot at the End of a Domain Name in a Zone Data File
    • importance of not omitting: Appending Domain Names
    • troubleshooting: Missing Dot at the End of a Domain Name in a Zone Data File
• dotted-octet notation: Mapping Addresses to Names
• • CIDR and: Checking That Your Network Is Registered
• dumpdb command: ndc and controls (BIND 8)
• DUN (Dial-Up Networking): Dialup Connections
• • Windows 98 and: Windows 98
• Dunlap, Kevin: The History of BIND
• duplicate queries: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• dynamic severity: Logging in BIND 8 and 9
• dynamic update: DNS Dynamic Update
• • BIND support for: Getting BIND
  • DNSSEC and: DNSSEC and Dynamic Update
  • restricting with TSIG: Using TSIG
  • Windows2002 and: How Windows Uses Dynamic Update

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