DNS HOWTO

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.