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Wrong acronym in chapter 28: DNS

fabv
fabv Posts: 7
edited November 20 in LFS207 Class Forum

If name resolution cannot be done locally using the /etc/hosts file, then the system will query a DNS (Domain Name Server) server.

DNS stands for Domain Name System, not Server.
Sources (found from Wikipedia's entry on DNS):

This RFC is an introduction to the Domain Name System (DNS)

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a simple query-response protocol whose messages in both directions have the same format.

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