The Domain Name Service provides the name to address mapping function for the internet. It exists as a distributed database across the internet maintained by a process of delegated authority. The Oxford names servers are authorised to store and supply naming information about computers in the ox.ac.uk domain. OUCS manages the Oxford name servers, but authorises local network administrators to perform updates to their particular subnetworks.
- DNS Policy
- See the revised DNS naming policy.
- DNS Technical Information
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The Interface for Hosts Update is the preferred mechanism for updating the Oxford University hosts database. (Zones other than ox.ac.uk and related reverse-DNS zones are still managed manually; please mail networks@oucs.ox.ac.uk to request changes in such zones.) The following links give access to various elements of the University’s DNS Service:
- IP addresses of the Oxford University nameservers
- The DNS web interface
- DNS technical rules & guidelines
- Domain registration and hosting
- Activation of http://ox.ac.uk/ and http://unit.ox.ac.uk/ for web server use
- Windows Active Directory and DNS
- Zones hosted on the OUCS nameservers
- Zone listings
- Hosts database (Note: updated Monday-Friday hourly from 0800 to 1800)
- IPv4 Subnet info & tools
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- IPv4 allocation policy. (Temporarily hosted on a Wiki, scheduled to be officially published mid-May 2013).
- Network number calculator
- Interface for Hosts Update