BRAINWARE UNIVERSITY

Name : Sandip Pradhan

Student Code : BWU/DCS/20/013
Roll No : 20010401048
Subject : Internet & Web Technology
Subject Code : DCSE 501
Topic : DNS
What is DNS?

The domain name system (DNS) is a naming database in which

internet domain names are located and translated into Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses. The domain name system maps the
name people use to locate a website to the IP address that a
computer uses to locate that website.

example :

if someone types "whatis.com" into a web browser, a server behind the

scenes maps that name to the corresponding IP address. An IP address
is similar in structure to 206.19.49.154.
.
.
Block Diagram

Query Query

Foreign
User Name
Resolver
Program Server
Response
Response
Reference
Addition

Cache
1. What is the IP address of
whatis.com ?

It is 206.19.49.154

1. What is the
host name of
206.19.49.154

It is strauss.whatis.com
components :
Name Space:
Specifications for a structured name space and data associated with
the names
Resolvers:
Client programs that extract information from Name Servers.
Name Servers:
Server programs which hold information about the structure and
the names.
DNS Name Space
DNS RESOLVERS

Query

Response

Resolver Name Server

DNS Name Server
Zone
Name Server Process From data
disk file
Authoritative Data Master
Zone transfer server
(primary master and
slave zones)
Cache Data Responce

(responses from
other name servers)
Agent Resolver
(looks up queries Query
on behalf of resolvers)
THANK YOU