diff --git a/papers/DNS.mdwn b/papers/DNS.mdwn index 1d34921..7d6a44a 100644 --- a/papers/DNS.mdwn +++ b/papers/DNS.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta title="How DNS Works"]] +Title: How DNS Works When you request a URL like `http://goob.woozle.org/~neale/foo.html`, the first thing your browser does is send out a DNS query on @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ The reason the .org domain said to go to 216.39.146.229 is because that's what I listed as the primary authoritative name server for the "woozle.org" domain with my host registrar (pacificroot.com). A lot of people use networksolutions.com as their host registrar. So on -216.39.146.229, I have an authoritative name server (nsd) that knows -about the woozle.org domain. Some other authoritative name servers are -tinydns and BIND (the Buggy Internet Name Daemon). +216.39.146.229, I have an authoritative name server that knows about the +woozle.org domain. Some examples of authoritative name server software +are nsd, tinydns, and BIND. Your recursive resolver has now obtained the mapping from "goob.woozle.org" to 216.39.146.229, so it returns that IP address to