METHOD, DEVICE AND NAMING SYSTEM, METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR ACCESSING A RESOURCE, METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO A QUERY AND RESOLVING SERVER

摘要

The method for accessing an element having an identifier comprises: at least one querying step (720) for querying a name resolution server of a hierarchic naming system responsible for a domain represented by said identifier, which query comprises the identifier, a step (730) of receiving a response from a name resolution server, which response is representative of at least one server name that differs from the identifier and is hierarchically on the same level as the identifier, and a querying step (740) for querying a server which has a name that is different from the said identifier. In particular embodiments, in the course of the response reception step (730), the response is representative of at least one server name which is located, in lexicographical order and in the memory of the name resolution server, immediately above or immediately below the identifier.