06/01/1992 09:00 AM
Computer Science
The exponential growth of the Internet presents new problems in recording global network information. The Domain Name System provided a way to cope with the enormous growth rates by distributing network information among all domains. This distribution accomplished its goal of eliminating the need for a central database, but at the same time eliminated the source of centralized network information. Such information is useful in applications dealing with resource discovery on the Internet and in studies of the network topography. Census is a program to traverse the Internet domain tree and collect information by recursively querying name servers for host information and other sub-domains. During the development of the Census program (about 6 months), the host population of the Internet has grown in size by 30 percent, and has showed no sign of abating. Notes: B.A. Thesis
