DNS

Registries

• The InterNIC
• RIPE Network Coordination Centre
• Contact info for TLD administrators in countries under RIPE
• Asia Pacific Network
• Domain name registries around the world
• American Registry for Internet Numbers - ARIN
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority - IANA
• Country Code Top Level Domains - data maintained by IANA
• The ISO 3166-based Top Level Domain reference page - maintained by the ITU
• Country-Code Top-Level Domain Best Current Practices
• ISO-3166 Country Codes

Setup and Maintenance

• Setting up a basic DNS server
• Domain Administrators Operations Guide (RFC 1033)
• Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities (RFC 1034)
• Domain Names - Implementation and Specification (RFC 1035)
• Domain Name System Structure and Delegation (RFC 1591)
• Tools for DNS debugging (RFC 1713)
• Clarifications to the DNS Specification (RFC 2181)
• Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers (RFC 2182)
• DNS Resources Directory

Routing

Registries

• The Routing Arbiter
• RIPE Network Coordination Centre (Europe)
• WIDE Project (Japan)
• How to Register in the Routing Arbiter Database (RADB)

Configuration

• Routing Basics (Cisco Internetworking Technology Overview)
• Using BGP for Inter-Domain Routing (Cisco)
• A Basic BGP and Multi-homing Manual (by Avi Freedman)
• Inter-Domain Multicast Routing (IDMR) working group of the IETF (documentation and drafts)

IP Address Space

• Understanding IP Addressing: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know (by Chuck Semeria)
• Classless Inter-Domain Routing is an effective method to stem the tide of IP address allocation as well as routing table overflow. The CIDR FAQ (edited by Hank Nussbacher)
• Links to the relevant RFCs about CIDR implementation - RFC1517/1518/1519/1520.

Internet Request for Comments (RFC)

• The Internet Request for Comments (RFC) documents are the written definitions of the protocols and policies of the Internet. This page provides entry points to get at the RFCs.