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DNS HOWTO

Nicolai Langfeldt ( dns-howto(at)langfeldt.net ), Jamie Norrish and others

v9.0, 2001-12-20


HOWTO become a totally small time DNS admin.

1. Preamble

  • 1.1 Legal stuff
  • 1.2 Credits and request for help.
  • 1.3 Dedication
  • 1.4 Updated versions

2. Introduction.

  • 2.1 Other nameserver implementations.

3. A resolving, caching name server.

  • 3.1 Starting named
  • 3.2 Resolvers
  • 3.3 Congratulations

4. Forwarding

5. A simple domain.

  • 5.1 But first some dry theory
  • 5.2 Our own domain
  • 5.3 The reverse zone
  • 5.4 Words of caution
  • 5.5 Why reverse lookups don't work.
  • 5.6 Slave servers

6. Basic security options.

  • 6.1 Restricting zone transfers
  • 6.2 Protecting against spoofing
  • 6.3 Running named as non-root

7. A real domain example

  • 7.1 /etc/named.conf (or /var/named/named.conf)
  • 7.2 /var/named/root.hints
  • 7.3 /var/named/zone/127.0.0
  • 7.4 /var/named/zone/land-5.com
  • 7.5 /var/named/zone/206.6.177

8. Maintenance

9. Migrating to BIND 9

10. Questions and Answers

11. How to become a bigger time DNS admin.


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