Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 16:35:32 -0700 (PDT) From: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, chris@tourneyland.com Subject: Re: Hoping to configure DNS Message-ID: <XFMail.990905163532.wwoods@cybcon.com> In-Reply-To: <37D2DE68.9E76E121@gorean.org>
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FWIW, I just purchased a set of oriely books on CDROM, including DNS&BIND. The reason I got the CD is that it has 2 books I wanted ion it and they useally run $30.00 ea, so I figured what the hell, extra 20 bucks for 6 more books...rock on! Off the point a bit, but back to the point, those books are INVALUEABLE, well, to me anyway. They have made my job much easier, helped me fuigure out simple problems, and hell, I even set up a nameserver for my home lan (not that I really needed it, but its was a great learnin experiance) One thing I have learned in the *(nix world, you can NEVER have enough reference books....you may not use em now, you amy only need em once, but I would rather have and not need em than not have em and need em..... <Ramble mode off> William On 05-Sep-99 Doug wrote: > 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? > > *sigh* I'm trying really hard to think of a polite way to respond to this. > The closest I can come is to say that if you want to be a unix system > administrator you have to learn how to use the tools. Misconfigured name > servers can wreak all sorts of havoc, including increasing unproductive > traffic to and from your site, doing the same for other remote sites, cause > you to miss your mail, prevent people from reaching your site entirely, > etc. > > The fact that A) You failed to answer my question as to why you want a > nameserver in the first place, and B) You're one of those people who asks > for advice then doesn't take it; indicates to me that you've got nothing > but trouble in your future. Either take the time and patience to educate > yourself properly, or hire someone who is. Either way you will save > yourself and the rest of the internet a lot of problems. > > Doug > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> Date: 05-Sep-99 Time: 16:29:45 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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