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Domain administrators guide

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Network Working Group                                       M. Stahl
Request for Comments: 1032                         SRI International
                                                       November 1987


                      DOMAIN ADMINISTRATORS GUIDE


STATUS OF THIS MEMO

   This memo describes procedures for registering a domain with the
   Network Information Center (NIC) of Defense Data Network (DDN), and
   offers guidelines on the establishment and administration of a domain
   in accordance with the requirements specified in RFC-920.  It is
   intended for use by domain administrators.  This memo should be used
   in conjunction with RFC-920, which is an official policy statement of
   the Internet Activities Board (IAB) and the Defense Advanced Research
   Projects Agency (DARPA).  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

BACKGROUND

   Domains are adminstrative entities that provide decentralized
   management of host naming and addressing.  The domain-naming system
   is distributed and hierarchical.

   The NIC is designated by the Defense Communications Agency (DCA) to
   provide registry services for the domain-naming system on the DDN and
   DARPA portions of the Internet.

   As registrar of top-level and second-level domains, as well as
   administrator of the root domain name servers on behalf of DARPA and
   DDN, the NIC is responsible for maintaining the root server zone
   files and their binary equivalents.  In addition, the NIC is
   responsible for administering the top-level domains of "ARPA," "COM,"
   "EDU," "ORG," "GOV," and "MIL" on behalf of DCA and DARPA until it
   becomes feasible for other appropriate organizations to assume those
   responsibilities.

   It is recommended that the guidelines described in this document be
   used by domain administrators in the establishment and control of
   second-level domains.

THE DOMAIN ADMINISTRATOR

   The role of the domain administrator (DA) is that of coordinator,
   manager, and technician.  If his domain is established at the second
   level or lower in the tree, the DA must register by interacting with
   the management of the domain directly above his, making certain that



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