Network Services Flashcards

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

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Assigns Devices with IP addresses and also provides them a subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server

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Domain Name System

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Converts domain names to IP addresses using a hierarchical and decentralized system of naming

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Zone Transfer

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  • Sharing of information between DNS servers about which domain names they have and their associated IP addresses
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Network Time Protocol (NTP)

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Synchronizes clocks between systems communicating over a packet-switched, variable-latency, data network

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Scope

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  • A list of valid IP addresses for assignment or lease to a client computer or endpoint device on a given subnet
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DHCP Relay

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Forward DHCP packets between client and servers

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IP Helper

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Forwards several kinds of UDP broadcasts across the router and can be used in conjunction with the DHCP relay

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Full-Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)

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A domain name that is under a top-level provider

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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

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Contains the FQDN with the method of accessing information

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Zone Transfer

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Sends DNS records from the primary nameserver to a secondary nameserver

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Reverse DNS Lookup

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Determines what the domain name is for a given IP address

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Advanced Research Project Agency Network (ARPANet)

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First top-level domain that was defined for what would become the internet

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Forward Lookup

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Uses DNS to find the IP address for a given domain name

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Nameserver

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  • Type of DNS server that stores all the DNS records for a given domain
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15
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Internal DNS

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Allows cloud instances on the same network access each other using internal DNS names

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16
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External DNS

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Records created around the domain names from a central authority and used on the public internet

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Time to Live (TTL)

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Tells the DNS resolver how long to cache a query before requesting a new one

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DNS Resolver/ DNS Cache

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Makes a local copy of every DNS entry it resolves as you connect to websites

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Recursive Lookup

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DNS server communicates with several other DNS servers to hunt down the IP address and return to the client

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Iterative Lookup

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Each DNS server responds directly to the client with an address for another DNS server that may have the correct IP address