Chapter 1. Background

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	DNS on Windows 2000, 2nd Edition By Matt Larson, Cricket Liu
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The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. "Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" he asked.

"Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."

It's important to know a little ARPANET history to understand the Domain Name System (DNS). DNS was developed to address particular problems on the ARPANET, and the Interneta descendant of the ARPANETremains its main user .

If you've been using the Internet for years , you can probably skip this chapter. If you haven't, we hope it'll give you enough background to understand what motivated the development of DNS.

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