DNS
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This section defines an extension of the DNS to locate servers both
for AFS (AFS is a registered trademark of Transarc Corporation) and
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The AFS (originally the Andrew File System) system uses the DNS to
map from a domain name to the name of an AFS cell database ...
... The DCE Naming service uses the DNS for a similar function: mapping
from the domain name of a cell to authenticated ...
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Note that the format of AFSDB in a master file is identical to MX.
For purposes of the DNS itself, the subtype is merely an integer.
The present subtype semantics ...
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The use of subtypes is motivated by two considerations. First, the
space of DNS RR types is limited. Second, the services provided are
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... The purpose of this section is to provide a standard method for
associating responsible person identification to any name in the DNS.
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... mailbox for the responsible person. Its format in master files uses
the DNS convention for mailbox encoding, identical to that used for
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... level of indirection so that the entity can be referred to from
multiple places in the DNS. The root domain name (just ".") may be
specified for <txt-dname> to indicate that the TXT_DNAME is absent,
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... host which will serve as
an intermediate in reaching the host specified by <owner>. The DNS
RRs associated with <intermediate-host ...