Domain name service server
AssigneeInfoblox Inc.
InventorsIvan W. Pulleyn, Stuart M. Bailey
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Abstract
A DNS server system provides IP addresses for a host in a computer network. Upon receiving a request from a client for an IP address associated with a domain name, the requested IP address is retrieved from an object oriented database and transmitted to the client. The DNS server system provides configuration access from a client in a computer network. Communicative coupling is established between a client web browser and a DNS server system web server. A user interface adapted to provide configuration access to a DNS server system is requested. The user interface is downloaded from the DNS server system over the computer network.
Claims42
A method, comprising:
- receiving, from a client in a computer network, a request to provide an IP address associated with a domain name, wherein the domain name is associated with a zone;
- retrieving the IP address from a data store;
- and
- transmitting the retrieved IP address to the client;
- wherein:
- the data store comprises a set of zone objects including a first zone object associated with the zone, wherein the first zone object is linked to a second zone object associated with a sub-zone of the zone;
- the data store comprises a set of network objects including a logically hierarchical subset of network objects each associated with a numerical sub-network designation, wherein the logically hierarchical subset of network objects corresponds to the IP address associated with a host object;
- and
- the set of zone objects are associated with the set of network objects, and the host object is associated with the domain name and the IP address, wherein the host object is stored with a first attribute corresponding to a first sub-zone of the domain name and a second attribute corresponding to a first numerical sub-network designation of the IP address.
A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving, from a client in a computer network, a request to provide an IP address associated with a domain name, wherein the domain name is associated with a zone;
- retrieving the IP address from a data store;
- and
- transmitting the retrieved IP address to the client;
- wherein:
- the data store comprises a set of zone objects including a first zone object associated with the zone, wherein the first zone object is linked to a second zone object associated with a sub-zone of the zone;
- the data store comprises a set of network objects including a logically hierarchical subset of network objects each associated with a numerical sub-network designation, wherein the logically hierarchical subset of network objects corresponds to the IP address associated with a host object;
- and
- the set of zone objects are associated with the set of network objects through the host object, and the host object is associated with the domain name and the IP address, wherein the host object is stored with a first attribute corresponding to a first sub-zone of the domain name and a second attribute corresponding to a first numerical sub-network designation of the IP address.
A system, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive, from a client in a computer network, a request to provide an IP address associated with a domain name, wherein the domain name is associated with a zone;
- retrieve the IP address from a data store;
- and
- transmit the retrieved IP address to the client;
- wherein:
- the data store comprises a set of zone objects including a first zone object associated with the zone, wherein the first zone object is linked to a second zone object associated with a sub-zone of the zone;
- the data store comprises a set of network objects including a logically hierarchical subset of network objects each associated with a numerical sub-network designation, wherein the logically hierarchical subset of network objects corresponds to the IP address associated with a host object;
- and
- the set of zone objects are associated with the set of network objects through the host object, and the host object is associated with the domain name and the IP address, wherein the host object is stored with a first attribute corresponding to a first sub-zone of the domain name and a second attribute corresponding to a first numerical sub-network designation of the IP address;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory provides the processor with instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.