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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Taking a risk

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm going to risk sounding like an idiot and say that I think it's inhuman that somebody could write an article explaining how DNS works without having at least one diagram in it. I mean, c'mon, I can wade through piles of opaque text with the best of them, but just throw me a bone here, alright?