IPAlloc Requests & DNS Tools

NetCom Domain Name Service
Email Addresses for DNS Services
NSLookup
Managing DNS Data

 

This website is a point of access to the DNS data for the University of Utah and parts of Westnet. From this WWW interface, authorized users can view, add, modify, and delete DNS records, including the creation and modification of new zones. A, PTR, MX, CNAME, NS, and many other resource record types can also be created or modified from this site for zones that an individual may administer.

If you are responsible for the managing of DNS data within your department on a regular basis, you should consider requesting an account on this server. To do so, simply send email to nsmaint@lists.utah.edu and supply your name, department, phone number, and zones which you would like access to. You will be contacted prior to the acceptance of your request.

NetCom Domain Name Service

The NetCom Domain Name Service - Best Practices document is currently available in Microsoft Word format and in plain text format. Topics discussed include:

  • Domain Name Service
  • Operational Authority and Responsibility at the University of Utah
  • Obtaining a Third Level Name Under the utah.edu Domain
  • Reasonable Domain Names
  • Delegation of in-addr Zones and Sub-domains to Departmental Name Servers
  • Use of Campus Name Servers to Host Other Domains

Email Addresses for DNS Services

NSLookup

  • NSLookup is a utility to query a name server for information. This is a WWW interface to the Unix nslookup utility. This utility requires that you have a login to this system.

  • webreference.com is a commercial service providing NSLookup.

Managing DNS Data

The tools are password protected to prevent unauthorized use. You can look at the tools, but you will not be able to run them without a password.


The current version of these tools is available for download for use on your own DNS server. The tools require Perl 5.0 and a working knowledge of DNS.

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Frequently Asked Questions

For more information about how IPAlloc requests are handled or maintained, please call the Campus Help Desk at 1-4000, option 1.