Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 12:35:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Keith Woodworth <kwoody@citytel.net> To: chris@tourneyland.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hoping to configure DNS Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.990905123347.26601A-100000@rosencrantz.citytel.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990905135342.007de600@mail.9netave.net>
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On Sun, 5 Sep 1999 chris@tourneyland.com wrote: >>> You want to get a copy of DNS and BIND, 3rd Edition from O'Reilly. It is >>>THE reference to all issues DNS, and you should read it and understand it >>>before putting a nameserver on the internet. Misconfigured nameservers can >>>cause all manner of problems. >> >>Arrrrg, I was afraid of that. Sorry if this sounds trollish (and >>unappreciative), but does is lazy old me really going to have to buy and >>read ANOTHER 400 page book just to get DNS up and going? Maybe I'm >>hopelessly naive, but why is DNS so complex? How come I can't just write a >>text file mapping IPs to hostnames? >> >>Oh well. I believe I'll take another look at my book and the FAQs to see if >>I can avoid the dreaded Bind book. >> Its not dreaded at all. I found it to be very well written and informative. While I dont have my own nameserver running I think I have enough knowledge to do so if I wanted to. Keith To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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