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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."
Perhaps I'm a snob, but I hardly consider this a real slashdot story. It's an overview of DNS, which any computer geek worth his/her salt should already be quite familiar with.