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Domain Name Resolution with the Domain Name System
“I want to visit abc.com.”
http://abc.com“Please find abc.com and
show it to me.”
“Do we already know where abc.com is?”
“Yes. Here’s the IP address
for abc.com:
12.231.87.9.”
Caching Name Server
Operated by ISP
Web Server hosting the
abc.comweb site
at IP address
12.231.87.9
ISP (BellSouth)
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Domain Name Resolution with the Domain Name System
“I want to visit abc.com.”
http://abc.com“Please find abc.com and
show it to me.”
“Do we already know where abc.com is?”
“No. We need to look that up. Root
server, can you help us?”
Caching Name Server
Operated by ISP
Root Serve
r
Web Server hosting the
abc.comweb site
at IP address
12.231.87.9
Name Server
xyz.net atIP address
43.75.241.2
ISP (AOL)
“The name server xyz.net has the IP address of
abc.com. Here’s the IP address of that name
server: 43.75.241.2. Talk to it.”
“Here’s the IP address of abc.com:12.231.87.9
.”
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“OK, name server at 43.75.241.2, what’s the IP address for abc.com?”
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