User Guide

28 Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide
Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide
103-000164-001
September 4, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Table 1 Top-Level DNS Domains
Additional top-level domains organize domain name space geographically.
For example, the top-level domain for France is fr. Figure 3, “DNS
Hierarchy,” on page 28 illustrates the DNS hierarchy.
Figure 3 DNS Hierarchy
Domain Used by
.com Commercial organizations, as in novell.com
.edu Educational organizations, as in ucla.edu
.gov Governmental agencies, as in whitehouse.gov
.mil Military organizations, as in army.mil
.org Nonprofit organizations, as in redcross.org
.net Networking entities, as in nsf.net
.int International organizations, as in nato.int
“•”
root
mil
edu govcom
novell ucla whitehouse army redcross nsf fr
net intorg