DNS is a protocol that can be used in different platforms.
In the Internet the Domain Name Space is divided into three different sections :
1) Generic domains
2) Country domains and
3) The Inverse domains
1) Generic domains:-
The generic domains define registered hosts to their generic behavior.
Generic domain labels are as follow:-
aero :- Airlines and aerospace companies
biz :- Businesses or firms
com :- Commercial organizations
coop :- Cooperative business organizations
edu :- Educational institutions
gov :- Government institutions
info :- Information service provides
int :- International organizations
mil :- Military groups
museum :- Museums and other non profit organizations
name :- Personal names (individuals)
net :- Network support centers
org :- Non profit organizations
pro :- Professional individual organizations
2) Country domains:-
The country domains section uses two - character country abbreviations.
Example :-
us :- United States
in :- India
uk :- United Kingdom
Second labels can be organizational ,or they can be more specific , national designations.
The United States ,for example , uses state abbreviations as a subdivisions of us example ca.us
3) Inverse domains:-
The inverse domain is used to map an address to a name .the convention of reading domain labels from bottom to top ,an IP address such as 132.34.45.121 is read as 121.45.34.132.
In the Internet the Domain Name Space is divided into three different sections :
1) Generic domains
2) Country domains and
3) The Inverse domains
1) Generic domains:-
The generic domains define registered hosts to their generic behavior.
Generic domain labels are as follow:-
aero :- Airlines and aerospace companies
biz :- Businesses or firms
com :- Commercial organizations
coop :- Cooperative business organizations
edu :- Educational institutions
gov :- Government institutions
info :- Information service provides
int :- International organizations
mil :- Military groups
museum :- Museums and other non profit organizations
name :- Personal names (individuals)
net :- Network support centers
org :- Non profit organizations
pro :- Professional individual organizations
2) Country domains:-
The country domains section uses two - character country abbreviations.
Example :-
us :- United States
in :- India
uk :- United Kingdom
Second labels can be organizational ,or they can be more specific , national designations.
The United States ,for example , uses state abbreviations as a subdivisions of us example ca.us
3) Inverse domains:-
The inverse domain is used to map an address to a name .the convention of reading domain labels from bottom to top ,an IP address such as 132.34.45.121 is read as 121.45.34.132.