A simple presentation to teach people about the basics of DNS.

1. Deets On DNS

2. Let’s get started

3. “The Domain Name Server (DNS) is
the Achilles heel of the Web. The
important thing is that it’s managed
responsibly”
Tim Berners-Lee

4. Important terms
✘Domain name is the URL of the website
✘IP address is the location of the website on
the internet
✘A top level domain is the part of the URL after
the period
DNS stands for domain name system.

5. What is DNS?
An unordered labeling system that renders
host names to ip addresses.
*host name = determines a computer on a network or a domain on the internet

6. Certain domain name
for example:
✘ google
✘ popcorn
✘ fish
✘ guacamole
The structure of a Domain Name
Top Level Domain
for example:
✘ com
✘ net
✘ org
✘ gov

7. 250,000,000
Number of registered domain names
in the last quarter of 2012

8. Domain name registration process
1. Submit domain
name registration
request to a
registrar
2. Registrar
will send all
info to the
registry
3. Registry files
the contact
information
for the Whois
4. Registry adds
domain zone files
to the master
servers

9. Percentage of TLDs used, based out of 2 million

10. THANKS!
Any questions?
You can find me at
✘ eva@deets-on-dns.com
✘ deets-on-dns.com

11. Credits
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