Information about bind(4)
David Botham
dns at botham.net
Thu Jan 16 20:56:28 UTC 2003
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Lasman
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 1:45 PM
> To: Joris Kemperman
> Cc: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> Subject: Re: Information about bind(4)
>
>
> Joris Kemperman wrote:
>
>
> > I'm new to bind, the only thing i know about it is that this is an
> > unix/bsd/linux DNS server and i like some more information about it
with
> a
> > few simple installation and configuration instructions. I already
> searched
> > the web for it but i can't really find not one page that is pretty
clear
> > about how DNS works exactly :(
>
> Do I understand right, you're running an old version of Bind (version
> 4)? If so, then I'd strongly suggest upgrading...
>
> However, before you do that you'll have to learn at least the
> essentials.
>
> I'd recommend a book: "DNS and Bind", published by O'Reilly. It's
> cowritten by one of our contributors here, Cricket Liu.
>
> I think you'll need to start by learning what DNS is all about, and as
> you say, how it works. And the "DNS and Bind" book is probably the
best
> way.
I would say it is certainly the best way.
Dave...
>
> Jeff
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