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Index: P

• packet category: BIND 8 categories
• packet filters: Packet filters
• panic category: BIND 8 categories
• parent domains: Delegation
• • Registering Your Zones
  • (see also domains)
  • contacting administrator of: The us domain
  • registering: Registering Your Zones
• parent-level aliases: Removing Parent Aliases
• parent zones, contacting administrators of: Registering Name Servers
• parentheses ()
• • grouping data: Master File Format
  • in SOA records: SOA Records
• parenting: Parenting
• • guidelines for: When to Become a Parent
  • highlights of: The Life of a Parent
  • subdomains and
  • • creating: How to Become a Parent: Creating Subdomains
    • in-addr.arpa domain: Subdomains of in-addr.arpa Domains
    • transitioning to: Managing the Transition to Subdomains
• parser category: BIND 8 categories
• parsing DNS responses: Parsing DNS Responses
• partial-slave name servers: Partial-Slave Servers
• • benefits of: Partial-Slave Servers
  • registering name servers and: Registering Name Servers
• patches
• • for HP-UX: HP's HP-UX
  • for IRIX: Silicon Graphics' IRIX
• peak periods of activity, monitoring: Capacity Planning
• performance
• • avoiding bogus name servers and: Avoiding a Bogus Name Server
  • capacity planning and: Capacity Planning
  • connectivity loss: Loss of Network Connectivity
  • • Loss of Network Connectivity
  • debugging levels and: Debugging Levels
  • DNSSEC and: DNSSEC and Performance
  • mail exchangers and: What's a Mail Exchanger, Again?
  • monitoring name servers: Keeping Everything Running Smoothly
  • MX records and: Limitation of MX Records
  • queries per second: Using the BIND statistics
  • round robin load distribution and: Round Robin Load Distribution
  • system tuning and: System Tuning
  • troubleshooting: Lookups Take a Long Time
  • TTL and: Time to Live
  • zone transfers, improving efficiency of: More efficient zone transfers
• Perl
• • h2n utility written in: Generating Zone Data Files from the Host Table
  • Net::DNS module, developing with: Perl Developing with Net::DNS
  • Socket.pm utility written in: Tools
• ping utility: Address and Alias Records
• • rotate option and: The options Directive
• pointer queries: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• pointer records (see PTR records)
• port option (nslookup): Option Settings
• port unreachable message: One name server configured
• • Typical Problem
  • resolvers and: Outages
• ports: Addresses and Ports
• postmaster as email address: SOA Records
• pound sign (#) starting comments: Setting Up a BIND Configuration File
• • in resolv.conf file: Comments
• power outages: Outages
• preference values: MX Records
• • discarding MX records and: The MX Algorithm
  • increments for: The MX Algorithm
• prereq commands (nsupdate): DNS Dynamic Update
• preventing disasters (see troubleshooting, preventing and handling disasters)
• primaries (see primary master name servers)
• primary configuration file line (BIND4): Setting Up a BIND Configuration File
• • Appending Domain Names
• primary directive: primary
• • adding: Adding More Zones
• primary master (see primary master name server)
• primary master name server: Types of Name Servers
• • Types of Name Servers
  • adding: Primary Master and Slave Servers
  • BIND configuration file for (example): Setting Up a BIND Configuration File
  • forgetting to signal: Forgot to Reload Primary Master Name Server
  • forwarders and: Forwarding
  • multiple: Multiple Master Servers
  • primary master vs. slave: Adding More Zones
  • reloading, command for: ndc and controls (BIND 8)
  • running: Running a Primary Master Name Server
  • slave name servers and: Running a Slave Name Server
  • • when running large numbers of: Adding More Name Servers
  • starting up: Starting Up the Name Server
  • • automatically: Editing the Startup Files
  • testing with nslookup: Testing Your Setup with nslookup
  • unreachable message and: Common Syslog Messages
• process IDs: Using Signals
• • command for printing: ndc and controls (BIND 8)
• processing email: MX Records
• processor load: The History of the Domain Name System
• developing resolvers: Developing with the Resolver and Name Server Library Routines
• • with Perl: Perl Developing with Net::DNS
  • with C developing: Developing with the Resolver Library Routines
• programs, obtaining examples of: Obtaining the Example Programs
• propagation time: Primary Master and Slave Servers
• proprietary WINS records: Zone Transfer Fails Because of Proprietary WINS Record
• provide-ixfr server substatement: BIND 9 IXFR Configuration
• ps command: Using Signals
• PTR records: PTR Records
• • Types
  • Looked for PTR, Found CNAME message and: Resolver Reports "Looked for PTR, Found CNAME"
  • missing: No PTR Record for Name Server's Address
  • • Added Name to Zone Data File but Forgot to Add PTR Record
  • order of in zone data files: The Zone Data Files
  • query statistics for: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• public key cryptography: The DNS Security Extensions
• PX records: New Types from RFC 1664

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