Linux Troubleshooting Bible

DNS History and TheoryIn the early ARPANET years, all these machine names and addresses were kept in one master hosts file (/etc/hosts) at Stanford University. Every time a new machine or group of machines was added to the network, updates ...

Configuring a Master DNS ServerIf you've chosen to run your own DNS servers on your local network and you use Linux, you will probably want to set up BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) to manage your DNS records. This configuration is qui...

Slave BIND9 DNS ServersIf you have made the commitment to hosting master DNS services locally, it is likely that you need to run a slave server as well. All but the most frugal administrators who are serious about staying online run a slave...

BIND9 SecurityBIND9 offers a number of new security settings that you can use to lock down your DNS servers. Although we don't have the space to cover them here, if you run BIND9, you should take the time to get to know these features: ...

Troubleshooting BIND9 and DNS IssuesIf you have problems the first few times you set up DNS, you are not alone. Most people run into trouble at some point, until they've worked enough with DNS to figure out where problems are likely to hide...

DNS and BIND ResourcesBecause DNS has been around in a stable form for so long, there are a number of good DNS- and BIND-related resources available to the inexperienced administrator. Table 12-1 provides some useful sites for more informat...

Summary Many large networks choose to run DNS services in-house. Others choose to allow their upstream providers to handle DNS issues. If you decide to run DNS locally, you will need to make careful configurations to the appropriate files....