Domain Name System Query
This could be the result of entering www firewall cx in the url field of your web browser or simply by launching a program that uses the internet and therefore generates dns queries in order to successfully communicate with the host or server it needs.
Domain name system query. Dns stores the database of all. Ntt america endeavors to make the domain name availability search process reliable. However ntt america does not guarantee availability of domain names or the accuracy or security of the whois system. A server that knows the content of a dns zone from local knowledge and thus can answer queries about that zone without needing to query other serversdnssec domain name system security extensions.
Typically such caching dns servers also implement the recursive algorithm necessary to resolve a given name starting with the dns root through to the authoritative name servers of the queried. Dns which stands for domain name system is used as the medium to translate domain names to their respective ip addresses when a client initiates a request query. An extension to dns that uses digital signatures over dns data to provide source authentication and integrity protection. Hierarchy of name servers root name servers it is contacted by name servers that can not resolve the name.
Name to address resolution the host request the dns name server to resolve the domain name. To improve efficiency reduce dns traffic across the internet and increase performance in end user applications the domain name system supports dns cache servers which store dns query results for a period of time determined in the configuration time to live of the domain name record in question. It contacts authoritative name server. Client machine made a request to dns server find the ip address of a domain name called fully qualified domain name fqdn.
As mentioned in the previous sections of the dns protocol a dns query is generated when the client needs to resolve a domain name into an ip address. Dns domain name system name service in internet zone is an administrative unit domain is a subtree. A dns query is an initiative request from a client to a dns server in order to access a web site. There are several factors that could cause a whois net query to incorrectly display that a currently registered domain is available.