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Subject: Re: DNS for virtual hosting 
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> Your ISP will probably be happy to handle all your domains for you.
> Simply make a request of them should be enough. 

I'm afraid that in this particular case, for various political reasons
the "ISP" is not in a position to provide the necessary entries, hence 
the need for me to setup a local DNS server 

 Your systems will
> only need to be "stub" resolvers with a properly configured
> /etc/resolv.conf.  But if you want to do it yourself it is realy
.

Obviously I'm not the only one who believes its " not as hard 
as some of the documentation makes it sound" :) Judging from
most of the unix stuff I've learned to date its probably as simple
as falling off a log, & the problem is simply less than explicit docs.
I've recently produced an entry level tutorial on basic FreeBSD 
gateway / mailserver/ webserver setup for members of our 
non-profit internet access group, and in its simplest form its 
condensed the essentials of the regular thousand page manuals
to only about 7  A4 pages.  




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