From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 28 1:14:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A41E837B401 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:14:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 852B643E88 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:14:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7S8EZ2b016334; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:14:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7S8EUAt016333; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:14:30 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:14:30 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Grant Cooper Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bind vs free dns providers Message-ID: <20020828081430.GC15742@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <002501c24e60$b8ba28b0$2afececd@TCOOPER> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002501c24e60$b8ba28b0$2afececd@TCOOPER> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 01:01:24AM -0600, Grant Cooper wrote: > I've been reading on dns packages specifically Bind from ports. I am > currently using zoneedit to point to me but I would like to do this myself. > I only have 1 IP and I was told by my provider I HAVE to have 2. There's nothing to stop you running bind on your machine: running it as a recursive server to lookup addresses on behalf of your own systems will work fine so long as you have a workable connection to the net. However, if you want to run a server that is authoritative for one or more domains then the requirements are a bit more stringent. In order to register a domain with one of the various registries around the net you need to have at least two servers carrying your zone data and those should a) have fixed IP addresses and b) be hosted on distinct networks. Now, one of those can certainly be your home machine if you've got a fixed address. Your ISP would usually provide the other server for a small fee, or if they won't there are many people around the net who would. A variation on this scheme is quite popular, which is to run a master server on your own machine and two or more secondaries on well connected machines elsewhere on the net. However, when you register your domains, you give only the two secondaries as the registered nameservers and not your own master machine. This has the advantage that you still have full control over the zone data, but all the external DNS traffic will be directed to the secondary servers. > I have a mail server, and web server all on one box, I'm pretty sure but I > want to put a functional bind on one box for now. Can I do this? It should work fine for a lightly loaded system. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message