From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 27 16:03:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20680 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 16:03:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stumpy.dannyland.org (stumpy.dannyland.org [207.229.133.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA20672 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 16:03:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dannyman@stumpy.dannyland.org) Received: (from dannyman@localhost) by stumpy.dannyland.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id SAA03650; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 18:03:38 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980327180338.22488@stumpy.dannyland.org> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 18:03:38 -0600 From: dannyman To: Michael Gray , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS Server Mail-Followup-To: Michael Gray , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <351C4D36.4C60@dmi.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <351C4D36.4C60@dmi.net>; from Michael Gray on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 05:07:02PM -0800 X-Loop: djhoward@uiuc.edu X-URL: http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/djhoward/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 05:07:02PM -0800, Michael Gray wrote: > Hi FreeBSD, > I have been considerring building a DNS server. I have been told, this > is a $20k endeavor and is very complicated to maintain. I noticed in my > FreeBSD manual that you mention adding DNS services to the server > without much fanfare. > What does it really take? What options are actually available and what > type of machine requirements are there? I found that the O'Reilley Book, "DNS & Bind" worked well enough for me. I expect it shouldn't cost more than $30. The 20k$ was prolly some NT solution ... I dunno. -- //Dan -=- This message brought to you by djhoward@uiuc.edu -=- \\/yori -=- Information - http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/djhoward/ -=- aiokomete -=- Our Honored Symbol deserves an Honorable Retirement To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message