Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

Well, now that you know how the internet came to be, it's time to learn how it works.  We're all familiar with typing a url into our address bar and being whisked away to our favorite websites.  What you may not realize is that there's actually a lot more to it than that.  In order for your computer to get to the information it needs, it goes through several steps; one of which is a DNS lookup.  This process explores several client/server relationships along the way.  (Insert Client/Server game here)

This is all just one long-winded way of saying that information transportation isn't magic.  There's a lot of choreography that goes in to getting your computer to dance.


Additional Links From Today

* DNS Lookup Route

* TraceRoute Service