Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 09:49:37 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: <wwoods@cybcon.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hoping to configure DNS Message-ID: <054401bef7f9$5145d140$857e03cb@jdy>
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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! > I saw something like that when I was tramping the city last Friday evening looking for the Complete FreeBSD ..... only the asking price in Brisbane Australia is $160. Such is life I guess .... maybe I can learn enough from them to go sort out some commercial stuff and get some poor mug to pay for my time :) >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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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