DNS BIND O'Reilly

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Thu Jun 8 19:03:38 UTC 2000


On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 01:53:24PM -0400, Phil Lamey wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
>     I am currently reading DNS BIND by O'Reilly which focuses on version 4of
> bind.  At home I have a Linux Red hat 6.1 OS where I installed version 8 are
> there any differences in the versions I should be keeping in mind while
> reading the book?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil Lamey

3rd Edition came out September 1998 and covers up to 8.1.2.  The
named.conf options give you a lot more flexibility than named.boot, but
security is tighter.  8.2.2-P5 is documented on-line.  Cricket was
working on 4th Edition, last I heard, but may be waiting for BIND 9 to
come out?

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