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Dnsandsshtools: Osseminar

The document discusses DNS and how it translates domain names to IP addresses so browsers can access internet resources, it defines DNS as a hierarchical and decentralized naming system, and describes how DNS works by querying name servers to resolve domain names to IP addresses.

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Dnsandsshtools: Osseminar

The document discusses DNS and how it translates domain names to IP addresses so browsers can access internet resources, it defines DNS as a hierarchical and decentralized naming system, and describes how DNS works by querying name servers to resolve domain names to IP addresses.

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OS SEMINAR:

D N S A N D SSH TO O LS
W H Y D O W E N EED D N S?

• Humans access information online through domain


names, like google.com.

• Web browsers interact through Internet Protocol (IP)


addresses.

• DNS translates domain names to IP addresses so


browsers can load Internet resources.

• DNS servers eliminate the need for humans to memorize


IP addresses such as 173.194.203.106(Google).
W H AT IS D N S ?

• Definition: The Domain Name System (DNS) is


a hierarchical and decentralized naming system for
computers, services, or other resources connected to
the Internet or a private network.

• The Domain Name System (DNS) is basically a large


database which resides on various computers and it contains
the names and IP addresses of various hosts on the internet
and various domains.

• It is used to provide information to the Domain Name


Service to use when queries are made.
H O W IT W O R K S ?

• The client needs to find the IP address where google.com


search engine is located on the earth (typically all websites
are hosted in the Internet data center).
• You type a domain name such as google.com into your
browser using client computer operating system such as
Windows or Apple OS (“client”).
• Your browser will send this query to the operating system.
• Each operating system is configured to query certain dns
servers. Typically your ISP or network administrator
configures such dns servers called Resolving Name Server.
• The resolving name server does not aware of the location of
the google.com, but it does know where the root servers
are located.
• Next, the resolving name server find the location of the top-
level domain name server to send query for google.com. Each
domain on the Internet has authoritative name server.

• Finally, the authoritative name server will give you exact IP


address of google.com. This information will come back to to
the resolving name server, which caches the information and
send backs an answer (answer to your query what is IP
address of google.com) to the browser to the correct place.
The end result you will see google search engine home page.

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