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Table of Contents Namespace "d/", used for .bit domain names Map a domain name to an ip address Forward DNS requests to an authoritative DNS server (using ip or hostname) Map a domain name to another domain

Namespace "d/", used for .bit domain names

v1.0 is the original domain spec announced by vinced when he released namecoin. To find other versions, go to Domain names specs.

It supports ip address, nameservers forwarding and subdomains. Several nameservers can be used with "["]".

Here is the syntax of the value parameter :

Map a domain name to an ip address

 {"map":{"":"78.142.148.62"}}
 {"map":{"":"1.2.3.4","www":"1.2.3.5"}}

Examples :

 Linux: ./namecoind name_update d/yourname '{"map":{"":"78.142.148.62"}}'
 Windows: namecoind.exe name_update d/yourname "{\"map\":{\"\":\"78.142.148.62\"}}"

Forward DNS requests to an authoritative DNS server (using ip or hostname)

 {"map": {"": {"ns": ["ns1.example.com", "ns2.example.com"]}}}
 {"map": {"": {"ns": ["1.1.1.1", "1.1.1.2"]}}}

Examples :

 Linux: ./namecoind name_update d/yourname '{"map": {"": {"ns": ["ns1.example.com", "ns2.example.com"]}}}'
 Windows: namecoind.exe name_update d/yourname "{\"map\": {\"\": {\"ns\": [\"ns1.example.com\", \"ns2.example.com\"]}}}"

Map a domain name to another domain

Note : only supported by a proxy software, and not by DNS servers.

Examples :

 Linux : ./namecoind name_update d/yourname '{"map": {"": {"translate": "bitcoin.org", "ns": ["ns1.example.com", "ns2.example.com"]}}}'
 Windows: namecoind.exe name_update d/yourname "{\"map\": {\"\": {\"translate\": \"bitcoin.org\", \"ns\": ["ns1.example.com\", \"ns2.example.com\"]}}}"
 => foo.yourname.bit will be translated to foo.bitcoin.org before it is sent to your DNS servers.