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    The document discusses the BIND software which is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. It originated at UC Berkeley. BIND contains a DNS server called "named", a resolver library, and software tools for testing servers. The server answers DNS questions following protocol standards. The resolver library allows software to resolve domain names by querying servers.

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    The document discusses the BIND software which is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. It originated at UC Berkeley. BIND contains a DNS server called "named", a resolver library, and software tools for testing servers. The server answers DNS questions following protocol standards. The resolver library allows software to resolve domain names by querying servers.

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    The document discusses the BIND software which is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. It originated at UC Berkeley. BIND contains a DNS server called "named", a resolver library, and software tools for testing servers. The server answers DNS questions following protocol standards. The resolver library allows software to resolve domain names by querying servers.

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    BIND Software Distribution Contains Three Parts

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    The document discusses the BIND software which is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. It originated at UC Berkeley. BIND contains a DNS server called "named", a resolver library, and software tools for testing servers. The server answers DNS questions following protocol standards. The resolver library allows software to resolve domain names by querying servers.

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    Group Members

     Abrar Ahmad (2k6-CSE-134)

     Madiha Naveed (2k6-CSE-137)

     Tayyabah Khan (2k6-CSE-138)


    What is BIND
     BIND is an implementation of the Domain
    Name System (DNS) protocols. The name
    BIND stands for "Berkeley Internet Name
    Daemon", because the software originated in
    the early 1980s at the University of California
    at Berkeley. In recent years, the word BIND
    has become, like "radar" and "snafu" and
    "laser" and "scuba", more word than
    acronym.
    The BIND software distribution
    contains three parts

     A Domain Name System server


     A Domain Name System "resolves
    library
     Software tools for testing servers
    A Domain Name System
    server
     This is a program called "named", which is
    pronounced "name-dee" and stands for
    "name daemon". It answers questions that
    are sent to it, following the rules specified in
    the DNS protocol standards. You can provide
    DNS service on the internet by installing this
    software on a server computer and giving it
    correct information about your domain names
    A Domain Name System
    "resolver library
     A "resolver" is a program that resolves
    questions about names by sending
    those questions to appropriate servers
    and responding appropriately to the
    servers' replies. A "resolver library" is a
    collection of software components that
    a programmer can add to software
    being developed, which will give that
    software the ability to resolve names.
    Software tools for testing
    servers
     These are the tools that we use for
    testing, and we include them in the
    distribution in case you would like to do
    your own testing, perhaps to make sure
    your server configuration is working
    properly.
     When you install an operating system on your
    computer, that operating system will contain
    whatever resolver library its developers selected for
    it. When you set up a server computer, its vendor
    usually has provided some DNS server software
    (usually BIND) so that the server will work as
    delivered. Because BIND faithfully implements the
    DNS protocols, there is no need for the resolver
    (which asks questions) and the server (which
    answers questions) to be running the same software.
    Hardware Requirements:

     Hardware Requirements BIND is a memory


    hog. IPv6 and DNSSEC in BIND 9 are CPU-
    intensive. To determine if a server has
    enough memory, let it run for awhile and
    watch the size of the named process. It will
    take a week or two to converge on a stable
    size at which old cache records are expiring
    at about the same rate as new ones are being
    inserted.

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