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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="font-style:
normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">I'm
new to bind. I want to be able to test the dns server on my
local
machine before launching it by putting the domain names (ie
example.com) in my browser and browsing the site.</span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="font-style:
normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">Both
the dev and production machines are CentOS. I assume I'll
need to
edit the host file to redirect to the local dns. But with
this
method I'm not sure how it will resolve multiple domains
(i.e.
example.com and example2.com).</span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="font-style:
normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">I
use a virtual box version of CentOS to run experiments so I
can do a
host/guest thing if needed. </span></span></strong>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong> <span style="font-style:
normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">There
are 2 ways I'll use the dns in production. At the domain
register
I'll either point to this dns server or host the dns at the
domain
register and point the A record to the IP.</span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="font-style:
normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">Brian</span></span></strong></p>
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