DNS HOWTO

Nicolai Langfeldt janl@math.uio.no

v2.2, 11 February 1999


HOWTO become a totally small time DNS admin.

1. Preamble

1.1. Legal stuff
1.2. Credits and request for help.
1.3. Dedication

2. Introduction.

3. A caching only name server.

3.1. Starting named
3.2. Making it even better
3.3. Congratulations

4. A simple domain.

4.1. But first some dry theory
4.2. Our own domain
4.3. The reverse zone
4.4. Words of caution
4.5. Why reverse lookups don't work.

5. A real domain example

5.1. /etc/namedb/named.conf
5.2. /etc/namedb/named.root
5.3. /etc/namedb/localhost.rev
5.4. /etc/namedb/land-5.com
5.5. /etc/namedb/206.6.177

6. Maintenance

7. Converting from version 4 to version 8

8. Questions and Answers

9. How to become a bigger time DNS admin.