DNS Complexity

ChelleChelle writes "Paul Vixie of Internet Systems Consortium guides us on a journey into the sublime details of the domain name system. Although it contains just a few simple rules, DNS has grown into a system of enormous complexity. This article explores the supposed and true definitions of DNS, and shows some of the tension between the two definitions through the lens of the philosophy of Internet development protocol."

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That's the IETF Way

[Kadin2048]

Well, it was written by Paul Vixie, better known for writing a whole bunch of RFCs ... they're not known for being exactly graphics-heavy, either.

(Although some of them do have some neat ASCII art.)