Have you ever performed a 'whois' on a domain name to see what name servers are authoritative for it? Did you know that this information is not the information that is used when your domain name is actually resolved to an IP address? The authoritative name servers for a domain are actually stored in the Internet's DNS root servers. The data you receive from performing a whois on a domain is for convenience only, and may not always be accurate. In this article we will examine the roll of the DNS root servers, and the basics of domain resolution.

Plone failed. But why? So many people love plone. It uses Python, one of my favorite languages. So why did it toally flop on it's face when it had so much going for it? Find out.

This article originally appeared on the Plone version of this site - before it was savagely ripped out of existence by me, and systematically eliminated from my server. You really should get to know Plone before you install it. Not doing so can give you a major headache.