For Further Reading

Books

DNS and BIND, by O'Reilly and Associates. Highly recommended for anyone maintaining DNS zones.

Newsgroups

comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains -- This is where all the DNS gurus hang out.

Other WWW Pages

InterNIC -- Sanctioned by RFC1400, Internic handles domain registrations for the root domain, and the COM, NET, GOV, EDU, and ORG top-level domains.
The US Domain -- ISI maintains this page dealing with information and registrations for the US top-level domain.
DNS Resources Directory

Relevant RFCs

RFC0819: "The Domain Naming Convention for Internet User Applications"
RFC0830: "A Distributed System for Internet Name Service"
RFC0881: "Domain names plan and schedule"
(Updated by RFC0897)
RFC0882: "Domain names: Concepts and facilities"
(Updated by RFC0973)
RFC0883: "Domain names: Implementation specification"
RFC0897: "Domain name system implementation schedule"
(Updates RFC0881) (Updated by RFC0921)
RFC0920: "Domain Requirements"
RFC0921: "Domain name system implementation schedule - revised"
(Updates RFC0897)
RFC0973: "Domain system changes and observations"
(Updates RFC0882) (Obsoleted by RFC1034, RFC1035)
RFC0974: "MAIL ROUTING AND THE DOMAIN SYSTEM"
RFC1031: "MILNET name domain transition"
RFC1032: "DOMAIN ADMINISTRATORS GUIDE"
RFC1033: "DOMAIN ADMINISTRATORS OPERATIONS GUIDE"
RFC1034: "DOMAIN NAMES - CONCEPTS AND FACILITIES"
(Obsoletes RFC0973) (STD 13) (Updated by RFC1101)
RFC1035: "DOMAIN NAMES - IMPLEMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION"
(Obsoletes RFC0973) (STD 13) (Updated by RFC1348)
RFC1101: "DNS Encoding of Network Names and Other Types"
(Updates RFC1034)
RFC1183: "New DNS RR Definitions"
RFC1386: "The US Domain"
(Obsoleted by RFC1480)
RFC1400: "Transition and Modernization of the Internet Registration Service"
RFC1401: "Correspondence between the IAB and DISA on the use of DNS throughout the Internet"
RFC1464: "Using the Domain Name System To Store Arbitrary String Attributes"
RFC1480: "The US Domain"
(Obsoletes RFC1386)
RFC1535: "A Security Problem and Proposed Correction With Widely Deployed DNS Software"
RFC1536: "Common DNS Implementation Errors and Suggested Fixes"
RFC1537: "Common DNS Data File Configuration Errors"
RFC1591: "Domain Name System Structure and Delegation"
RFC1597: "Address Allocation for Private Internets"
RFC1706: "DNS NSAP Resource Records"
RFC1712: "DNS Encoding of Geographical Location"
RFC1794: "DNS Support for Load Balancing"
RFC1816: "U.S. Government Internet Domain Names"

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