From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 8 08:04:02 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id IAA01390 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 08:04:02 -0700 Received: from jolt.eng.umd.edu (jolt.eng.umd.edu [129.2.102.5]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA01381 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 08:03:58 -0700 Received: from latte.eng.umd.edu (latte.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.15]) by jolt.eng.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.4) with ESMTP id LAA27784; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 11:02:32 -0400 Received: (chuckr@localhost) by latte.eng.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.4) id LAA03280; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 11:02:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 11:02:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: -Vince- cc: Gary Palmer , Michael Smith , FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Some questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 8 Aug 1995, -Vince- wrote: [ who begat who stuff deleted] > > > > >> I bought it for $29.95, how does the DNS and Bind differ from > > > > >> their TCP/IP book? > > > > > > > > >Well, the DNS and Bind book talks about DNS and Bind, and the TCP/IP book > > > > >covers lots of things, starting with the protocols & working up from > > > > >there. From the blurb I have here, the latter doesn't cover the DNS in > > > > >any great depth. > > > > > > > > I'll put it this way - if you want to administer your own DNS domain, the > > > > O'Reilly DNS & Bind nutshell book is a lifesaver.... Well worth the > > > > investment, even for a small domain. > > > > > > Hmmm, it seems their TCP/IP book covers alot of what we wanted to > > > know though already.... > > > > The difference is, the TCP/IP book has one chapter, consisting of 18 > > pages, on setting up DNS. True, some of the same info is covered, but if > > you don't have a real good idea of how it works in the first place (I > > didn't) then you do need the DNS/BIND book. > > True but is the TCP/IP book a good book to have as well? They have different focusses. I think the TCP/IP book justifies itself in explaining how to troubleshoot network problems, ifconfig stuff, and network security, but the big chapter on Sendmail doesn't hurt. I drop a fair amount of money on O'Reilly books, tho, so you might disagree. BTW, I don't have to pay full cost, you know ... README.DOC in Pennsylvania stocks them, and offers a nice (20-25%) discount. Their number is 1-800-678-1473, or 717-264-0843, they take plastic of various sorts. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 (Freebsd 2.0R) and n3lxx (301) 220-2114 | (FreeBSD 2.0.5-snap) and am I happy! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------