DNS

References

• Microsoft Technet — Resource records reference

A DNS database consists of one or more zone files used by the DNS server. Each zone holds a collection of structured resource records, the following of which are supported by the DNS Server service.

• Microsoft Technet — Understanding DNS

How DNS works.

• DNS-HOWTO

Detailed explanations on how DNS work, applied to Linux.

• zytrax open — Chapter 8. DNS Resource Records (RRs)

How-to

Reverse DNS lookup

See dig, host and nslookup.