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PKNIC is the .pk domain name registry in Pakistan. PKNIC is responsible for the administration of the .PK domain name space, including the operation of the DNS for the Root-Servers for .PK domains, and registration and maintenance of all .PK domain names. PKNIC is operated as a self-supporting organization. It is headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan.
In combination with poorly configured DNS (with no reverse lookup zone) using RFC 1918 addressing, reverse DNS updates using this authentication scheme are forwarded en masse to the root DNS servers and thus increase the traffic to root DNS servers. There is an anycast group which deals with this traffic to take it away from the root DNS servers.
A major category of DNS server functionality, see above. Recursive A major category of DNS server functionality, see above. Recursion Access Control Servers with this feature provide control over which hosts are permitted DNS recursive lookups. This is useful for load balancing and service protection. Secondary Mode (or Slave Mode)
Registrars today offer end-user updating to their account information, typically using a web-based form, and the registrar then pushes out update information to other DNS servers. Due to the distributed nature of the domain name systems and its registrars, updates to the global DNS may take hours to distribute.
Detailed country by country information on Internet censorship and surveillance is provided in the Freedom on the Net reports from Freedom House, by the OpenNet Initiative, by Reporters Without Borders, and in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
A basic one is provided free to use as long as the user refreshes their access from time to time, thus keeping it active. Upgrades to the DDNS comes from purchases. Dynamic IP addresses are common on residential cable or DSL broadband accounts, and the typical users of DDNS would be the users of these types of internet connections.
BIND, the most popular DNS name server (which includes dig), incorporates the newer DNSSEC-bis (DS records) protocol as well as support for NSEC3 records. Unbound is a DNS name server that was written from the ground up to be designed around DNSSEC concepts. mysqlBind, the GPL DNS management software for DNS ASPs, now supports DNSSEC.
Because the majority of Pakistan's Internet traffic is routed through the PIE (98% of Pakistani ISPs used the PIE in 2004), it provides a means to monitor and possibly block incoming and outgoing Internet traffic as the government deems fit. [16] Internet surveillance in Pakistan is primarily conducted by the PIE under the auspices of the PTA ...