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Chapter 12. Directory <strong>and</strong> naming<br />

protocols<br />

An inherent problem in making resources available through a network is creating<br />

an easy way of accessing these resources. On small networks, it might be easy<br />

enough to simply remember or write down the information needed to remotely<br />

access resources. However, this solution does not scale as networks, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

number of available resources, continue to grow. This becomes increasingly<br />

more complex as resources are made available outside of individual networks, to<br />

multiple networks, or even across the Internet, on multiple platforms <strong>and</strong> across<br />

a variety of differing hardware. To overcome this, directory <strong>and</strong> naming methods<br />

were devised to provide a uniform method of obtaining the information needed to<br />

access a networked resource. This chapter reviews four of these methods:<br />

► Domain Name System (DNS)<br />

► Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS)<br />

► Network Information System (NIS)<br />

► Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)<br />

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