simple newbie question..

Mark Damrose mdamrose at elgin.cc.il.us
Sun Sep 15 05:04:03 UTC 2002


"jeff" <jeff at hithere.com> wrote in message
news:am0m5t$asss$1 at isrv4.isc.org...
> Hi, I am a computer engineering student that, for fun and learning, wants
to
> set up a server.  I have set up Apache on my Linux machine and I can see
the
> test web page by typing in my IP address.  I can't get there by typing in
my
> registered domain name, however.  I think I have figured out that getting
my
> domain name to point to my IP address requires messing around with Bind.
> From my brief encounter with the DNS howto it seems like there are a lot
of
> cryptic config files that have to be messed with.  So before I go and buy
> "DNS and BIND" I would like to know if my thinking on this matter is
correct
> or not.  Do I have to learn Bind to be able to have my own server? Sorry
if
> nothing I said makes sense, I'm still new to this. thanks.
>
It is not necessary to run BIND to have Apache running.  Your DNS could be
hosted anywhere.

However, If the point is to learn BIND in addition to learning Apache, then
I would definitely recommend the DNS and BIND book.




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