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DNS RegistriesShanghai, China, October 2002Bill Manning Joe Abley Topic Summary• Introduction to DNS Registries• Meta Issues: Scalability, Security• Data Storage• Interaction with Others• Performance Measurement• Policy• Implementation Example1. Introduction to DNS RegistriesDNS and Nameservers• DNS• Nameservers– things which respond to DNS queries• The DNS Root– the nameservers and the zone at the top of thetree– Provide entry into the distributed namespacedatabase via structured referralRegistry Apex• The name of root of the delegated sub-treeoperated by the registry• The closest point to the root of the DNSover which the registry has control• Could be a gTLD, or a ccTLD• Could be something elseDomains, Zones and Delegation• Domain Name– A hierarchically-structured textual name with whichvarious resource records can be associated• Zone– “A complete database for a particular pruned subtree ofthe domain space” (RFC 1035)• Delegation– The means by which requests for information aboutdomain names are delegated to foreign authoritativenameserversDomains, Zones and Delegation• Domain Name– a name in your registry• Zone– the small slice of the DNS concerned with connectingthe rest of the DNS with your customers’ nameservers• Delegation– Arranging things so that queries for customer names arereferred to customer nameservers– what the customer is paying you forWhois• A means of extracting ...
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