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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



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