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Asian Journal for Research and Engineering (AJRE), Jan-2017, 1(1): 1-6
Research Article
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INTRODUCTION
Domain Name is the name given to any node in computer network. IP is used for communication between nodes in
computer network and it represent a node in computer network [1] [2]. Domain names provide an easy way to
identify the node instead of IP. The main disadvantage with IP is to remember the number. This advantage can be
overcome by using domain name as an alternative way to represent the node in computer network. Human being
have tendency to remember names than number. But for communication between different nodes in network IP
should be used, Communication with help of names is not possible in TCP/IP networks. Domain Name used for
communication is converted to IP with help of certain mechanisms in Network. Now a days conversion of IP to
Domain name and vice versa is done with help of a centralized system called Domain Name System (DNS).
In this paper I am proposing a system that provide DNS to Local Area Network i.e. LANDS. LANDS is system
that helps in resolving domain name to IP. LANDS will provide name resolution with help of HOSTS file. LANDS
will configure and upload the domain name of computer and its corresponding IP in host file. HOSTS file is used
as database that I propose to use in this system. Unlike BIND, Instead of having a centralized server LANDS work
in decentralized fashion. LANDS working is restricted to LAN unlike DNS which spread in whole Internet. The
main aim of having LANDS is to provide a Domain resolver which is easy to use and configure. LANDS learns the
address of the all the HOSTS in LAN if LANDS is installed and running in all the systems. Systems installed with
LANDS will communicate with each other through a dedicated port.
The rest of the paper is organized as Section discusses about Literature Study. Section 3 lays out proposed work.
Section 4 presents describes the security analysis of our framework. Section 5 concludes the paper and outlines
future enhancements.
Usage
Class A
1-127
Host Assigning
Class B
128-191
Host Assigning
Class C
191-223
Host Assigning
Class D
224-239
Special Purpose
Class E
240-255
Special Purpose
Table 1: IP Classes
According to the starting octet IP is classified into Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F. In which
Class D, Class E, Class F. In which Class D, Class E is special purpose which is not used to host-host
communication. Class A, Class B, Class C is used for assigning to the host. The IP ranges of each classes is given in
Table 1[9]
IPv6
IP version 6 (IPv6) [4] is a new version of the Internet Protocol, designed as the successor to IP version 4 (IPv4)
IPv6 solves the address depletion problem of IPv4. In IPv4 maximum number of IP that can be used is up to 232
while in IPv6 it is up to 2128. IPv6 address has length of 128 bit which is divided into 8 parts. Each pa rt is 16-bit
long. Each part is represented using hexadecimal value where minimum value of each part is 0000 and maximum
value is FFFF. With IPv6 6.65 x 1023 addresses are available for every square meter of the Earths surface [6] [7]
[8].
Example for IPv6: 2000:0dd1:83b2:0000:0000:72ae:0307:7400
Address Types
The type of an IPv6 address is identified by the high-order bits of the address, as follows:
Loopback -- ::1/128
Multicast -- FF00::/8
Studies are made regarding the existing systems i.e. HOSTS file and BIND. Many issues are found regarding the
configuring, maintain and usage of the existing systems.
BIOGRAPHY
Rohit G Bal currently working as Assistant Professor in Computer Science department in Nepal
Engineering College & Editor in AJRE. He received the Masters (M.E) degree in Computer
Science and Engineering from Hindustan College of Engineering & Technology under Anna
University TN, India in 2014.and the Bachelors (B. Tech) degree in Computer Science and
Engineering from College Of Engineering Thrikaripur, Kerala in 2011 under CUSAT. He currently
researching about Computer Networks & IP. His area of interest includes Computer Network, Data
Structures & Algorithm, Security Computer and Steganography
How to cite this paper: Rohit G Bal, "Local Area Network automatic Domain name System(LANDS)", Asian
Journal for Research & Engineering(AJRE), 1(1), pp. 1- 6, Jan 2017