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DNS is the Internet Pivotal Basics and Fundamental Cover
By: Chengjin Mou  
Open Access
|May 2023

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

DNS structure of domain name system and UNIX file system structure
DNS structure of domain name system and UNIX file system structure

Figure 2.

Simplified diagram of ICTs supply chain based on root domain name system DNS
Simplified diagram of ICTs supply chain based on root domain name system DNS

Distribution of nodes of 13 root domain name servers in China

Root domain name system (As of November 18, 2021)Chinese Mainland (22 nodes)Hong Kong (11 nodes)Taipei (7 nodes)
A (Verisign)-1-
E (NASA)-21
F (ISC)BeiJing:1HangZhou:1ChongQing:1XiNing:132
H (Army Research Laboratory, ARL)-1-
I (Netnod, Switzerland)BeiJing:111
J (Verisign)BeiJing:1HangZhou:13-
K (RIPE NCC, Netherlands)BeiJing:1GuangZhou:1GuiYang:1-1
L (ICAN N)BeiJing:1WuHan:1ZhengZhou:1XiNing:1HaiKou:1ShangHai:1-2

Type and quantity of top-level domain names

TLD type of top-level domain nameAbbreviationCurrent quantity
Common top-level domain namegTLD3
New generic top-level domain namengTLD1,240
Country / region code top level domain nameccTLD316
Qualified generic top-level domain namegrTLD3
Infrastructure top level domain name(arpa)1
Private top-level domain namesTLD14
Test top level domain nametTLD11
Total-1,588

Average validation rate of DNSSEC in the world

Country (and Region)DNSSEC Average validation rate
India59.60%
Russia52.23%
America38.78%
China(mainland)0.93%
(Hong Kong)57.25%
(Taiwan)6.41%
(Macao)5.23%

RFC category, quantity and DNS related quantity

Category of RFCNumber of RFCsWhere the number of RFCs associated with or related to DNS
Standard1225
Proposed Standard3,819142
Best Current Practice30125
Informational2,79187
Experimental52229
Historic33110
Uncategorized8871
Total8,773299
Language: English
Page range: 11 - 23
Published on: May 26, 2023
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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