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Network Working Group M. LottorRequest For Comments: 1033 SRI International November 1987 DOMAIN ADMINISTRATORS OPERATIONS GUIDESTATUS OF THIS MEMO This RFC provides guidelines for domain administrators in operating a domain server and maintaining their portion of the hierarchical database. Familiarity with the domain system is assumed. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This memo is a formatted collection of notes and excerpts from the references listed at the end of this document. Of particular mention are Paul Mockapetris and Kevin Dunlap.INTRODUCTION A domain server requires a few files to get started. It will normally have some number of boot/startup files (also known as the "safety belt" files). One section will contain a list of possible root servers that the server will use to find the up-to-date list of root servers. Another section will list the zone files to be loaded into the server for your local domain information. A zone file typically contains all the data for a particular domain. This guide describes the data formats that can be used in zone files and suggested parameters to use for certain fields. If you are attempting to do anything advanced or tricky, consult the appropriate domain RFC's for more details. Note: Each implementation of domain software may require different files. Zone files are standardized but some servers may require other startup files. See the appropriate documentation that comes with your software. See the appendix for some specific examples.ZONES A zone defines the contents of a contiguous section of the domain space, usually bounded by administrative boundaries. There will typically be a separate data file for each zone. The data contained in a zone file is composed of entries called Resource Records (RRs).Lottor [Page 1]RFC 1033 DOMAIN OPERATIONS GUIDE November 1987 You may only put data in your domain server that you are authoritative for. You must not add entries for domains other than your own (except for the special case of "glue records"). A domain server will probably read a file on start-up that lists the zones it should load into its database. The format of this file is not standardized and is different for most domain server implementations. For each zone it will normally contain the domain name of the zone and the file name that contains the data to load for the zone.ROOT SERVERS A resolver will need to find the root servers when it first starts. When the resolver boots, it will typically read a list of possible root servers from a file. The resolver will cycle through the list trying to contact each one. When it finds a root server, it will ask it for the current list of root servers. It will then discard the list of root servers it read from the data file and replace it with the current list it received. Root servers will not change very often. You can get the names of current root servers from the NIC. FTP the file NETINFO:ROOT-SERVERS.TXT or send a mail request to NIC@SRI-NIC.ARPA. As of this date (June 1987) they are: SRI-NIC.ARPA 10.0.0.51 26.0.0.73 C.ISI.EDU 10.0.0.52 BRL-AOS.ARPA 192.5.25.82 192.5.22.82 128.20.1.2 A.ISI.EDU 26.3.0.103RESOURCE RECORDS Records in the zone data files are called resource records (RRs). They are specified in RFC-883 and RFC-973. An RR has a standard format as shown: <name> [<ttl>] [<class>] <type> <data> The record is divided into fields which are separated by white space. <name> The name field defines what domain name applies to the givenLottor [Page 2]RFC 1033 DOMAIN OPERATIONS GUIDE November 1987 RR. In some cases the name field can be left blank and it will default to the name field of the previous RR. <ttl> TTL stands for Time To Live. It specifies how long a domain resolver should cache the RR before it throws it out and asks a domain server again. See the section on TTL's. If you leave the TTL field blank it will default to the minimum time specified in the SOA record (described later). <class> The class field specifies the protocol group. If left blank it will default to the last class specified. <type> The type field specifies what type of data is in the RR. See the section on types. <data> The data field is defined differently for each type and class of data. Popular RR data formats are described later. The domain system does not guarantee to preserve the order of resource records. Listing RRs (such as multiple address records) in a certain order does not guarantee they will be used in that order. Case is preserved in names and data fields when loaded into the name server. All comparisons and lookups in the name server are case insensitive. Parenthesis ("(",")") are used to group data that crosses a line boundary. A semicolon (";") starts a comment; the remainder of the line is ignored. The asterisk ("*") is used for wildcarding. The at-sign ("@") denotes the current default domain name.Lottor [Page 3]RFC 1033 DOMAIN OPERATIONS GUIDE November 1987NAMES A domain name is a sequence of labels separated by dots. Domain names in the zone files can be one of two types, either absolute or relative. An absolute name is the fully qualified domain name and is terminated with a period. A relative name does not terminate with a period, and the current default domain is appended to it. The default domain is usually the name of the domain that was specified in the boot file that loads each zone. The domain system allows a label to contain any 8-bit character. Although the domain system has no restrictions, other protocols such as SMTP do have name restrictions. Because of other protocol restrictions, only the following characters are recommended for use in a host name (besides the dot separator): "A-Z", "a-z", "0-9", dash and underscoreTTL's (Time To Live) It is important that TTLs are set to appropriate values. The TTL is the time (in seconds) that a resolver will use the data it got from your server before it asks your server again. If you set the value too low, your server will get loaded down with lots of repeat requests. If you set it too high, then information you change will not get distributed in a reasonable amount of time. If you leave the TTL field blank, it will default to what is specified in the SOA record for the zone. Most host information does not change much over long time periods. A good way to set up your TTLs would be to set them at a high value, and then lower the value if you know a change will be coming soon. You might set most TTLs to anywhere between a day (86400) and a week (604800). Then, if you know some data will be changing in the near future, set the TTL for that RR down to a lower value (an hour to a day) until the change takes place, and then put it back up to its previous value. Also, all RRs with the same name, class, and type should have the same TTL value.CLASSES The domain system was designed to be protocol independent. The class field is used to identify the protocol group that each RR is in. The class of interest to people using TCP/IP software is the classLottor [Page 4]RFC 1033 DOMAIN OPERATIONS GUIDE November 1987 "Internet". Its standard designation is "IN". A zone file should only contain RRs of the same class.TYPES There are many defined RR types. For a complete list, see the domain specification RFCs. Here is a list of current commonly used types. The data for each type is described in the data section. Designation Description ========================================== SOA Start Of Authority NS Name Server A Internet Address CNAME Canonical Name (nickname pointer) HINFO Host Information WKS Well Known Services MX Mail Exchanger PTR PointerSOA (Start Of Authority) <name> [<ttl>] [<class>] SOA <origin> <person> ( <serial> <refresh> <retry> <expire> <minimum> ) The Start Of Authority record designates the start of a zone. The zone ends at the next SOA record. <name> is the name of the zone. <origin> is the name of the host on which the master zone file resides. <person> is a mailbox for the person responsible for the zone. It is formatted like a mailing address but the at-sign that normally separates the user from the host name is replaced with a dot. <serial> is the version number of the zone file. It should be incremented anytime a change is made to data in the zone.Lottor [Page 5]RFC 1033 DOMAIN OPERATIONS GUIDE November 1987 <refresh> is how long, in seconds, a secondary name server is to check with the primary name server to see if an update is needed. A good value here would be one hour (3600). <retry> is how long, in seconds, a secondary name server is to retry after a failure to check for a refresh. A good value here would be 10 minutes (600). <expire> is the upper limit, in seconds, that a secondary name server is to use the data before it expires for lack of getting a refresh. You want this to be rather large, and a nice value is 3600000, about 42 days. <minimum> is the minimum number of seconds to be used for TTL values in RRs. A minimum of at least a day is a good value here (86400). There should only be one SOA record per zone. A sample SOA record would look something like: @ IN SOA SRI-NIC.ARPA. HOSTMASTER.SRI-NIC.ARPA. ( 45 ;serial 3600 ;refresh 600 ;retry 3600000 ;expire 86400 ) ;minimumNS (Name Server) <domain> [<ttl>] [<class>] NS <server> The NS record lists the name of a machine that provides domain service for a particular domain. The name associated with the RR is the domain name and the data portion is the name of a host that provides the service. If machines SRI-NIC.ARPA and C.ISI.EDU provide name lookup service for the domain COM then the following entries would be used: COM. NS SRI-NIC.ARPA. NS C.ISI.EDU. Note that the machines providing name service do not have to live in the named domain. There should be one NS record for each server for a domain. Also note that the name "COM" defaults for the second NS record. NS records for a domain exist in both the zone that delegates the domain, and in the domain itself.Lottor [Page 6]RFC 1033 DOMAIN OPERATIONS GUIDE November 1987GLUE RECORDS If the name server host for a particular domain is itself inside the domain, then a 'glue' record will be needed. A glue record is an A (address) RR that specifies the address of the server. Glue records are only needed in the server delegating the domain, not in the domain itself. If for example the name server for domain SRI.COM was KL.SRI.COM, then the NS record would look like this, but you will also need to have the following A record. SRI.COM. NS KL.SRI.COM. KL.SRI.COM. A 10.1.0.2A (Address) <host> [<ttl>] [<class>] A <address> The data for an A record is an internet address in dotted decimal form. A sample A record might look like: SRI-NIC.ARPA. A 10.0.0.51 There should be one A record for each address of a host.CNAME ( Canonical Name) <nickname> [<ttl>] [<class>] CNAME <host> The CNAME record is used for nicknames. The name associated with the RR is the nickname. The data portion is the official name. For example, a machine named SRI-NIC.ARPA may want to have the nickname NIC.ARPA. In that case, the following RR would be used: NIC.ARPA. CNAME SRI-NIC.ARPA. There must not be any other RRs associated with a nickname of the same class. Nicknames are also useful when a host changes it's name. In that case, it is usually a good idea to have a CNAME pointer so that people still using the old name will get to the right place.Lottor [Page 7]RFC 1033 DOMAIN OPERATIONS GUIDE November 1987HINFO (Host Info) <host> [<ttl>] [<class>] HINFO <hardware> <software> The HINFO record gives information about a particular host. The data is two strings separated by whitespace. The first string is a hardware description and the second is software. The hardware is usually a manufacturer name followed by a dash and model designation. The software string is usually the name of the operating system. Official HINFO types can be found in the latest Assigned Numbers RFC, the latest of which is RFC-1010. The Hardware type is called the Machine name and the Software type is called the System name. Some sample HINFO records: SRI-NIC.ARPA. HINFO DEC-2060 TOPS20 UCBARPA.Berkeley.EDU. HINFO VAX-11/780 UNIX
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