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See also: [[URL]] | [[ICANN]] | [[IPv4]] | [[IPv6]] | [[OpenNIC]]

[[Acronym]]: '''D'''omain '''N'''aming '''S'''ystem

From [http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/ DNS Resources Directory]:

::''The Domain Name System (DNS) is a [[hierachical]], domain based, [[distributed]] [[Internet]] directory service. DNS is used mostly to translate between domain names and [[IP]] addresses, and to control [[Internet]] [[email]] delivery. Most [[Internet]] services rely on DNS to work, and if DNS fails, [[web]] sites cannot be located and email delivery stalls.''

Some believe that [[ICANN]] the organisation responsible for the management of the [[legacy]] DNS [[technology]] is using its power to preserve a [[monopoly]] on its service provision.

Web [[server|servers]] host multiple [[web sites]] so most active domain names share their IP [[address|addresses]] with one or more additional domains, while more than two thirds of domain names share their IPs with fifty or more domains.

Trademarks disputes over the DNS are continuing, some people don't register the names they use in the domain name.

Over time there have been effort to decentralize and democratize the provision of the service:
;[[OpenNIC]]: an auxilliary naming system, democratically controlled.
;[http://distributeddns.sourceforge.net/ Distributed DNS]: is a P2P software that aims to build a decentralized, distributed DNS.

==== Related Links ====

* [http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/docs/whatis.html DNSRD: What is DNS?]
* [http://www.internic.net/whois.html Whois search] - to determine the owner of a registered domain.
* [http://www.arachnoid.com/whois/index.html Arachnoid.com Whois] - An easy to access list of whois'
* [http://www.uwhois.com/cgi/domains.cgi?User=NoAds UWhois] - For Whois information about country-code (two-letter) top-level domains.
* [http://www.dnsalert.com/ DNS News] - Current headlines related to DNS.
* [http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/ DNS Resources Directory] - Contains a good introduction and further references.
* [http://www.templetons.com/brad/dns/ Problems, Goals and a Fix for Domain Names] - by [[Brad Templeton]]

[[Category:Internet protocols]]
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 See also: [[URL]] | [[ICANN]] | [[IPv4]] | [[IPv6]] | [[OpenNIC]]
-[[Acronym]]: '''D'''omain '''N'''aming '''S'''ystem
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 Over time there have been effort to decentralize and democratize the provision of the service:
-;[[OpenNIC]]: an auxilliary naming system, democratically controlled.
+;[[OpenNIC]]: an auxilliary domain name system, democratically controlled.
 ;[http://distributeddns.sourceforge.net/ Distributed DNS]: is a P2P software that aims to build a decentralized, distributed DNS.

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Rev 22 at 02:42, 14 June 2007

Rev 22: from infoanarchy, with additions