Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. The Domain name Ecosystem
2. Common Pitfalls
3. Domain Policies you must be aware of
4. The Two Major Roles of Nameservers
5. DNS Queries In Action
6. Types and Uses of Common Resource Records
7. "Quasi-" Record Types
8. Common Nameserver Software
9. Debugging without tears: DNS Diagnostic Tools
10. Domain Operations & DNS Use Cases
11. Nameserver Considerations
12. Securing your Domains and DNS
13. DNS and DDoS Attacks
14. IPv6 Considerations
15. IPv6 Considerations

About the Author

Mark E. Jeftovic is the cofounder and CEO of easyDNS Technologies Inc, the managed DNS provider and domain name registrar. He was formerly a director to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) and is currently a director to the Internet Society Canada Chapter.
Mark entered the internet space in the early '90s as a computer programmer and Unix sysadmin, working for the early dial-up ISPs in Toronto before cofounding a web development firm in 1995 that later morphed into easyDNS.
A lifelong guitarist and avid bookworm, Mark lives in Toronto with wife Angela and daughter Emily.