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Applications, Technologies, Architectures, and Protocols for Computer Communication archive
Symposium proceedings on Communications architectures and protocols table of contents

Stanford, California, United States

Pages: 123 - 133

Year of Publication: 1988

ISBN:0-89791-279-9

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P. Mockapetris	Univ. of Southern California, Marina del Rey
K. J. Dunlap	Digital Equipment Corp., Washington

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ABSTRACT

The Domain Name System (DNS) provides name service for the DARPA Internet. It is one of the largest name services in operation today, serves a highly diverse community of hosts, users, and networks, and uses a unique combination of hierarchies, caching, and datagram access. This paper examines the ideas behind the initial design of the DNS in 1983, discusses the evolution of these ideas into the current implementations and usages, notes conspicuous surprises, successes and shortcomings, and attempts to predict its future evolution.

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	RFC 882	P. Mockapetris, "Domain names - Concepts and Facilities," RFC 882, USC/Information Sciences Institute, November 1983. (Obsolete, superseded by RFC 1034.)
	RFC 883	P. Mockapetris, "Domain names - Implementation and Specification,'' RFC 883, USC/Information Sciences Institute, November 1983. (Obsolete, superseded by RFC 1035.)
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	RFC 973	Mockapetris, Paul V., "Domain System Changes and Observations'', RFC 973, January 1986.
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	RFC 1031	W. Lazear, "MILNET Name Domain Transition", RFC 1031, November 1987.
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