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accessing : (see resolvers)

adding and deleting : 8.2. Adding More Name Servers

adding to NOTIFY lists : 10.2. DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification)

addresses : (see addresses)

backup name servers

6.1.4. The nameserver Directive
6.2.2. Local Name Server

bogus data : 13.6.7. Name Server Is Infected with Bogus Root Server Data

bogus, avoiding : 10.10. Avoiding a Bogus Name Server

caching-only

8.2.2. Caching-Only Servers
8.3. Registering Name Servers

capacity of : 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

choosing how many : 8.1. How Many Name Servers?

closest known name servers : 2.6.2. Recursion

delegating : 10.11.5. Delegated Name Server Configuration

forwarders : 10.7. Building Up a Large Site-wide Cache with Forwarders

initialization of (debugging example) : 12.3.1. Name Server Startup (Debug Level 1)

lame : (see lame delegation)

limiting query frequency : 10.4.1.1. Limiting transfers initiated per name server

load sharing : 10.12. Load Sharing Between Mirrored Servers

local, configuring : 6.2.2. Local Name Server

maintaining : 7. Maintaining BIND

logging (BIND 8) : 7.5. BIND 8 Logging
monitoring name servers : 7.6. Keeping Everything Running Smoothly
organizing db files : 7.3. Organizing Your Files
updating db files : 7.2. Updating db Files

master : (see primary name server)

mimicking queries with nslookup : 11.6.2. Querying Like a BIND Name Server

multiple, nslookup and : 11.1.1. Multiple Servers

mutual data infection : 13.6.8.3. Mutual infection

network preferences for : 10.6. Preferring Name Servers on Certain Networks

no response from : 11.7.2. No Response from Server

nonrecursive : 10.9. A Nonrecursive Name Server

NS records

4.2.4. NS Records
7.6.2. Understanding the BIND Statistics
A.1.2.11. NS name server

numbering

(see serial numbers)
(see

partial-slave servers : 8.2.3. Partial-Slave Servers

primary : (see primary name server)

recursion : (see recursive resolution)

registering : 8.3. Registering Name Servers

resolvers without : 6.2.1. Resolver Only

resolving : (see resolvers)

restricted (forward-only) : 10.8. A More Restricted Name Server

root

2.6.1. Root Name Servers
10.9. A Nonrecursive Name Server
11.3. Option Settings
15.4.4. Internal Roots
"No root nameservers" message : 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

security of : (see security)

selecting for resolver

6.1.4. The nameserver Directive
F.2.3. nameserver

setting up : 4. Setting Up BIND

signals : 7.1. BIND Name Server Signals

slave : (see slave/secondary name servers)

starting up/restarting

4.7.1. Starting Up the Name Server
7.1. BIND Name Server Signals

startup failure with disabled UDP checksums : 13.5.5. Name Server Startup Fails Because UDP Checksums Disabled

statistics on : 7.6.2. Understanding the BIND Statistics

switching with nslookup : 11.5.3. Switching Servers

upgrading BIND and : 13.4.2. Name Server Behavior

where to run : 8.1.1. Where Do I Put My Name Servers?

zone change notification

3.1. Getting BIND
10.2. DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification)

named daemon : 4.7.1. Starting Up the Name Server

signals : 7.1. BIND Name Server Signals
syslog messages : 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

named.boot file : (see boot file)

named_dump.db file

7.4. Changing BIND 8 System File Locations
13.2.2. How to Read a Database Dump

named.pid file : 7.1. BIND Name Server Signals

moving : 7.4. Changing BIND 8 System File Locations

named.root file : 4.2.9. The Root Cache Data

named.run file

7.5. BIND 8 Logging
12.2. Turning On Debugging

named.stats file : 7.6.2. Understanding the BIND Statistics

moving : 7.4. Changing BIND 8 System File Locations

named-xfer program

7.1. BIND Name Server Signals
13.2.1. How to Use named-xfer
moving : 7.4. Changing BIND 8 System File Locations
unnecessary glue data : 13.6.8.2. Unnecessary glue data

namedroppers mailing list

3.1.1. Handy Mailing Lists and Usenet Newsgroups
4.2.9. The Root Cache Data

names of domains : (see domain names)

names of networks : 15.6. Network Names and Numbers

names, owner : 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

nameserver directive

6.1.4. The nameserver Directive
F.2.3. nameserver
NIS and : 6.4.1.2. Using DNS with NIS

ncache data category (logging) : 7.5.3. Category Details

ndc utility

7.1. BIND Name Server Signals
12.5. Tools

ndots substatement

6.1.6. The options Directive
F.2.6. options ndots (4.9.3 and later versions)

negative caching

2.7. Caching
2.7.1. Time to Live
12.4. The Resolver Search Algorithm and Negative Caching
13.5.7. Other Name Servers Don't Cache Your Negative Answers

net domain : 2.2.1. Top-Level Domains

Net::DNS module : 14.3. Perl Programming with Net::DNS

NETDB_INTERNAL error : 14.2.4. The Resolver Library Routines

netgroups file : 6.3.1. Differences in Service Behavior

netsvc.conf file : 6.4.4. IBM's AIX

Network File System (NFS) : 6.3.1. Differences in Service Behavior

Network Information Center : (see NIC)

Network Information Service : (see NIS)

network interface interval : 10.4.3.2. Interface interval

network masks : 10.11.3. Preventing Unauthorized Zone Transfers

Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) : 3.2.4. Registering with Your Parent

"network unreachable" message

6.1.4.1. One name server configured
8.5.1. Outages

networks

13.3.8. 8. Loss of Network Connectivity

(see also connectivity)

ISDN

15.7.3. X25, ISDN, and RT
A.1.3.2. ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network address - experimental

LANs : 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

loopback

4.2.8. The Loopback Address
6.1.4. The nameserver Directive

names and numbers : 15.6. Network Names and Numbers

registering : 3.2.3. Checking That Your Network Is Registered

subnetting

6.1.5. The sortlist Directive
6.3.1. Differences in Service Behavior
10.5.2. Remote Multihomed Hosts
10.5.3. Address Sorting on Subnetted Networks
F.1.6. sortlist
F.2.5. sortlist (4.9.3 and later versions)
on/off octet boundaries : 9.5.1. Subnetting on an Octet Boundary

newsgroups on BIND : 3.1.1. Handy Mailing Lists and Usenet Newsgroups

NFS (Network File System) : 6.3.1. Differences in Service Behavior

NIC (Network Information Center)

1.2.1. The History of the Domain Name System

13.3.9. 9. Missing Subdomain Delegation

whois service

3.2.1.1. whois
3.2.4. Registering with Your Parent

NIS (Network Information Service)

2.1.2. Domains
6.4.1. Sun's SunOS 4.x
6.4.1.3. Ignoring NIS
nslookup and : 11.1.5. Using NIS and /etc/hosts
troubleshooting : 13.1. Is NIS Really Your Problem?

nmed-xfer file : 10.11.4. Running BIND as a Non-Root User

NO_DATA error : 14.2.4. The Resolver Library Routines

no-fetch-glue substatement

10.9. A Nonrecursive Name Server
10.11.5. Delegated Name Server Configuration
F.1.10.3. options no-fetch-glue

"No NS Record for SOA MNAME" message : 13.5.2. Name Server Reports No NS Record for SOA MNAME

NO_RECOVERY error : 14.2.4. The Resolver Library Routines

no-recursion substatement

10.9. A Nonrecursive Name Server
10.11.5. Delegated Name Server Configuration
F.1.10.2. options no-recursion

"no response from server" message : 11.7.2. No Response from Server

"No root nameservers for class #" message : 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

nod2 option (nslookup)

11.3. Option Settings
11.6.1. Seeing the Query and Response Packets

nodebug option (nslookup)

11.3. Option Settings
11.6.1. Seeing the Query and Response Packets

nodefname option (nslookup) : 11.3. Option Settings

nodes : 2.1. The Domain Name Space

noforward patch : 15.4.5. Views

noignoretc option (nslookup) : 11.3. Option Settings

non-octet boundaries, subnetting on : 9.5.2. Subnetting on a Non-Octet Boundary

nonauthoritative nslookup answers : 11.5.2. Authoritative Versus Nonauthoritative Answers

"nonexistent domain" message : 11.7.3. No PTR Data for Name Server's Address

noninteractive nslookup : 11.2. Interactive Versus Noninteractive

nonrecursive (iterative) resolution : 2.6.2. Recursion

nonrecursive name servers : 10.9. A Nonrecursive Name Server

nonrecursive queries

2.6.2. Recursion
10.7. Building Up a Large Site-wide Cache with Forwarders
14.1.1. A Typical Problem

norecurse option (nslookup)

11.3. Option Settings
11.6.2. Querying Like a BIND Name Server

nosearch option (nslookup)

11.3. Option Settings
11.4. Avoiding the Search List
11.6.2. Querying Like a BIND Name Server

nospoof keyword : 6.4.8. Linux

notification of changed zones

3.1. Getting BIND
10.2. DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification)

notify data category (logging) : 7.5.3. Category Details

NOTIFY request : 10.2. DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification)

novc option (nslookup) : 11.3. Option Settings

NS records

4.2.1. The db Files
4.2.4. NS Records
4.8. Running a Slave Name Server
A.1.2.11. NS name server
delegated name servers : 10.11.5. Delegated Name Server Configuration
no NS records for SOA MNAME : 13.5.2. Name Server Reports No NS Record for SOA MNAME
queries statistic : 7.6.2. Understanding the BIND Statistics

ns_get32 routine : 14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

ns_init_parse routine : 14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

ns_msg_count routine : 14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

ns_msg_get_flag routine : 14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

ns_msg_id routine : 14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

ns_name_compress routine : 14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

ns_name_skip routine : 14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

ns_name_uncompress routine : 14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

ns_parserr routine : 14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

ns_put32 routine : 14.2.6. The Name Server Library Routines

NSAP queries statistic : 7.6.2. Understanding the BIND Statistics

nscd daemon : 6.4.2.1. nscd

NSFNET network : 1.1. A (Very) Brief History of the Internet

NSFNET traffic reports : 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

NSI (Network Solutions, Inc.) : 3.2.4. Registering with Your Parent

nslookup program

Versions
3.1.2. Finding IP Addresses
3.2.2.1. The us domain
11. nslookup
common tasks : 11.5. Common Tasks
finding out what is looked up : 11.7.6. Finding Out What Is Being Looked Up
interactive vs. noninteractive : 11.2. Interactive Versus Noninteractive
looking up CNAMEs : 15.1.5. Looking Up CNAMEs
mimicking name servers : 11.6.2. Querying Like a BIND Name Server
option settings : 11.3. Option Settings
shell script programming : 14.1. Shell Script Programming with nslookup
switching name servers : 11.5.3. Switching Servers
testing domain setup : 4.7.3. Testing Your Setup with nslookup
troubleshooting : 11.7. Troubleshooting nslookup Problems
zone transfers with : 11.6.3. Zone Transfers

.nslookuprc file : 11.3.1. The .nslookuprc File

nsswitch.conf file

6.4.2. Sun's Solaris 2.x
6.4.3. HP's HP-UX
13.1. Is NIS Really Your Problem?

NSTATS messages : 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

nsupdate program : 10.3. DNS Dynamic Update

null channel (logging) : 7.5.2.3. Null channel

null file : 10.11.4. Running BIND as a Non-Root User

NULL records : A.1.2.12. NULL null - experimental

numbers

ARIN registry

3.2.3. Checking That Your Network Is Registered
E. in-addr.arpa Registration Form

network numbers : 15.6. Network Names and Numbers

serial numbers : (see serial numbers)

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