Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 16:57:50 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS, BIND9 ... diving in ... Message-ID: <4273F14E.2030108@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200504300514.50553.krinklyfig@spymac.com> References: <200504300514.50553.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
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Joshua Tinnin wrote: [ ... ] > Received: from unknown (HELO smogmonster.com) > (jtinnin@pacbell.net@64.173.27.15 with plain) > by smtp811.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Apr 2005 11:26:08 -0000 > > Well, I don't own smogmonster.com (when I first picked it, nobody did, > but now someone does), but FreeBSD wouldn't let me assign a name that > wouldn't ever resolve, like simply "smogmonster". Is this a problem, or > should I not worry about it? Or am I missing something vital here? It's considered impolite to impersonate a domain which does not belong to you. For the purposes of email, it would be better to masquerade as a host in the domain of your ISP or mail service (ie, masquarade as pacbell.net). > Also, is there any sort of guide on how to set up DNS in my situation? Yes, use an invalid top-level domain like .local, or maybe .lan. > I've read the handbook, and it seems most of it is covered, but > additional sources are always welcome. Later, I'll be getting static > IPs and will probably have my ISP handle rDNS, but I'll need to assign > authoritative names at that point, though not until then. O'Reilley publishes an excellent book on DNS, although the BOG (BIND Operations Guide) is also worth a read. -- -Chuck
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