DNS (Domain Name System)

Literature

• My paper on: DNS based load balancing with fault tolerance
• DNS-HOWTO
• RIPE: Recommendations for DNS SOA Values
• DNS Resources Directory by András Salamon
• IETF: DNS Extensions (dnsext)
• IETF: Domain Name Server Operations (dnsop)
• DNS & BIND Resources

Security

• Securing the Domain Name System
• CERT: Securing an Internet Name Server

Domain Name Services

• Country-Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)
• Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)
• Infrastructure Top-Level Domain (.arpa)

Tools

• Secure BIND Template by Rob Thomas
• Squish: DNS traversal checking, check your DNS setup
• DNSreport, check your DNS setup
• UNINETT: DNS zone check, check your DNS setup
• Keeping the root.hints file updated
• Men & Mice: Dig, - online dig tool
• DNSstuff, many tools

Performance

• Analysis of the DNS root and gTLD nameserver system by CAIDA

Software

• ISC: BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain)
• djbdns by D. J. Bernstein

Books

• The Concise Guide to DNS and BIND by Nicolai Langfeldt