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obtains the corresponding IP address from the DNS server so that it can establish the
connection.
On the Internet, the assignment of domain names to IP addresses follows a hierarchical
system. A local PC only knows the address of the local name server. This in turn knows
all the addresses of the PCs in the local network and the superordinate name servers,
which again know addresses or the next superordinate name servers.
DNS server
See
Domain name
The domain name is the reference to one or more Web servers on the
. The
domain name is mapped via the
DNS
service to the corresponding
.
DoS attack
Denial of Service
A DoS attack is a particular form of hacker attack directed at computers and networks
with a connection to the
. The aim is not so much to steal data but to paralyse
the computer or network so severely that the network resources are no longer available.
A typical hacker attack involves making a remote computer announce that it is acting for
the paralysed computer, for example, and receive the data intended for you.
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
DSL is a data transfer technique in which a connection to the
can be run at high
speed over normal telephone lines. A DSL connection is provided by an
. It requires a DSL modem.
Dynamic IP address
A dynamic
is assigned to a network component automatically by
. This
means that the IP address of a network component can change with every login or at
certain intervals.
See also:
DynDNS
is handled by the Domain Name
Service (
). This service is now enhanced with so-called Dynamic DNS (DynDNS) for
. This enables the use of a network component with a dynamic IP
address as a
on the Internet. DynDNS ensures that a service can always be
addressed on the
under the same domain name regardless of the current IP
address.