What You've Learned The Mac OS X network architecture is one of its unique aspects compared with other UNIX-like operating systems. The Mac OS X Darwin kernel provides low-level networking support. Users maintain the configuration of network settings in Mac OS X using System Preferences. configd is a daemon that facilitates the dynamic nature of Mac OS X networking. Most configuration information is stored in preferences.plist. lookupd is the DNS resolver for Mac OS X. ifconfig can be useful when troubleshooting or checking current settings.
References Books Albitz, Paul, and Liu, Cricket. DNS and BIND, 4th ed. (O'Reilly, 2001). URLs "Introduction to System Configuration Programming Guidelines": http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Networking/Conceptual/SystemConfigFrameworks |