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    DNS (Domain Name System) – Cheat Sheet – Part-1 Version 1

    Key Attributes
    Protocol Type: Layer7 Protocol (Application Layer)
    Purpose: Name to IP conversion
    Standard: Current: RFC1034/1035 (1987), First: RFC882/883 (1983)
    Structure: Hierarchical
    Founder: Paul V. Mockapetris
    Carrier Protocol: TCP, UDP
    Port: TCP53 (for Zone Transfer), UDP53 (for DNS Queries)
    Protocol Model Type: Client/Server Model

    DNS Working (with example)


    (.) Root Name Server

    I don’t know, please go


    What is the IP of What is the IP of y
    Query
    to .com NS
    google.com?
    google.com? u
    Referral

    I don’t know, please go


    e
    Query i to google.com NS
    Query
    TLD Name Server
    Referral
    q Answer r o (e.g. .com.)

    w
    Local Cache d t DNS Resolver
    Local Cache
    Client a Query
    √ IP of google.com is sAnswer
    8.8.8.8 I know, IP is 8.8.8.8
    Authoritative Name
    www.networkwalks.com Server (e.g. google.com.)
    Recursive Iterative
    Query Queries

    *Recursive Query means: I will definitely *Iterative Query means: I will try.
    answer you; no matter wherever I have to go. Either I will give you answer OR I will refer
    OR I will tell you clearly that I do not know you to someone who can answer

    www.networkwalks.com

    DNS Server Types


    A DNS Server that has the original source files of a domain zone files & doesn’t need to go any other Database. Primary Auth DNS
    Authoritative Server has Full Read/Write Access while Secondary Auth DNS Server has Read-Only Access

    A DNS Server that does NOT have the original source files of a domain zone files & either depends on its cache or need to go any other
    Non-Authoritative Database for final/auth answer. Also called Cache-Only DNS Server

    Domain Name Types DNS Query Types


    Fully Qualified Domain Name: Contains full name of a Host. It is
    FQDN
    www.networkwalks.com

    terminated by NULL string. e.g. www.atechacademy.com.


    q Recursive w Iterative e Inverse
    Partially Qualified Domain Name: Starts from a node but doesn’t Queries Queries Queries
    PQDN reach Root. It is NOT terminated by NULL string e.g. www.atech
    If the DNS server cannot resolve a query, If the DNS server cannot resolve a query, Used to resolve the IP Address to a FQDN
    it sends query to other DNS Servers on it sends a referral to another server
    behalf of the DNS Client. message to the resolver.
    This is generally used by Clients Generally used by Servers

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