RFC 883 (rfc883) - Page 2 of 73
Domain names: Implementation specification
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RFC 883 November 1983
Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
Implementation components
A host can participate in the domain name system in a number of
ways, depending on whether the host runs programs that retrieve
information from the domain system, name servers that answer
queries from other hosts, or various combinations of both
functions. The simplest, and perhaps most typical, configuration
is shown below:
Local Host | Foreign
|
+---------+ +----------+ | +--------+
| | user queries | |queries | | |
| User |-------------->| |---------|->|Foreign |
| Program | | Resolver | | | Name |
| |