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DNS and BIND

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Real networks are more than a collection of workstations identified by their IP address. On the Internet, systems refer to each other through their names, and the Domain Name System (DNS) provides a method to translate from names to addresses and back again. The DNS protocols form the core protocol for the Internet, and an understanding of cyber operations requires an understanding of DNS.

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O’Leary, M. (2015). DNS and BIND. In: Cyber Operations. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0457-3_4

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