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Network Programming

This website demonstrates using wikis as teaching and learning tool.

The course instructor is happy to share the teaching materials here with those who find it readable.

DomainNameSystem

Activity One

  • Find the information of all the root server of DNS in the Internet.
  • The information includes hostname, IP address, and the physical location.

Activity Two

  • Find the information of all the domain name servers for country-code top-level domain designated for Hong Kong.
  • The information includes hostname, IP address, and the physical location.

Activity Three

  • Find the authoritative name server that store the address records of the domain ouhk.edu.hk.
  • Find a list of message transfer agents for the domain ouhk.edu.hk.
  • You can access the OUHK website with the URL www.ouhk.edu.hk but not ouhk.edu.hk. Figure out the possible reason.

Activity Four

  • Find a domain that you are interested in.
  • Find the name server for that domain.
  • Find the email server for that domain.
  • Based on these information, explain if you can figure out the web hosting company for that domain.
  • How about the server being used? Is it a sharing hosting, a VPS (virutal private server) or a dedicated server?
  • Find the people who registered that domain.

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Submission

  • You need to demonstrate your work and sharing your knowledge in a tutorial session. Your instructor may ask you some questions to test your knowledge.

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