Name Server Design for Distributed Systems.
Paul V. Mockapetris, Jonathan B. Postel, P. Kirton · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 1984
Name servers are programs that provide a uniform method of naming resources and retrieving information about those resources in the context of a distributed system. This paper examines the main issues in name server design and considers some contemporary name servers in order to classify the common goals, methods, and tradeoffs. (Author)