Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:32:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r44393 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers Message-ID: <201403310032.s2V0W9FI071614@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: brd Date: Mon Mar 31 00:32:09 2014 New Revision: 44393 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44393 Log: - First pass at making the DNS section less BIND specific and mentioning Unbound. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Sun Mar 30 20:44:41 2014 (r44392) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Mon Mar 31 00:32:09 2014 (r44393) @@ -2945,33 +2945,41 @@ dhcpd_ifaces="dc0"</programlisting> --> <title>Domain Name System (<acronym>DNS</acronym>)</title> - <indexterm><primary>BIND</primary></indexterm> + <indexterm><primary>DNS</primary></indexterm> <para>Domain Name System (<acronym>DNS</acronym>) is the protocol through which domain names are mapped to <acronym>IP</acronym> - addresses, and vice versa. By default, &os; installs the - Berkeley Internet Name Domain (<acronym>BIND</acronym>), which - is the most common implementation of the <acronym>DNS</acronym> - protocol. The &os; version provides enhanced security features, - a new file system layout, and automated &man.chroot.8; - configuration. BIND is maintained by the <link - xlink:href="https://www.isc.org/">isc.org</link>. It is not - necessary to run a name server to perform <acronym>DNS</acronym> - lookups on a system.</para> + addresses, and vice versa. <acronym>DNS</acronym> is coordinated + across the Internet through a somewhat complex system of + authoritative root, Top Level Domain (<acronym>TLD</acronym>), + and other smaller-scale name servers, which host and cache + individual domain information. It is not necessary to run a name + server to perform <acronym>DNS</acronym> lookups on a system.</para> - <indexterm><primary>DNS</primary></indexterm> - <para><acronym>DNS</acronym> is coordinated across the Internet - through a somewhat complex system of authoritative root, Top - Level Domain (<acronym>TLD</acronym>), and other smaller-scale - name servers, which host and cache individual domain - information. Table 28.4 describes some of the terms associated - with <acronym>DNS</acronym>:</para> + <indexterm><primary>BIND</primary></indexterm> + + <para>In &os; 10, the Berkeley Internet Name Domain + (<acronym>BIND</acronym>) has been removed from the base system + and replaced with Unbound. Unbound as configured in the &os; + Base is a local caching resolver. <acronym>BIND</acronym> is + still available from The Ports Collection as <package + role="port">dns/bind99</package> or <package + role="port">dns/bind98</package>. In &os; 9 and lower, + <acronym>BIND</acronym> is included in &os; Base. The &os; + version provides enhanced security features, a new file system + layout, and automated &man.chroot.8; configuration. + <acronym>BIND</acronym> is maintained by the <link + xlink:href="https://www.isc.org/">Internet Systems + Consortium</link>.</para> <indexterm><primary>resolver</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>reverse <acronym>DNS</acronym></primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>root zone</primary></indexterm> + <para>The following table describes some of the terms associated + with <acronym>DNS</acronym>:</para> + <table frame="none" pgwide="1"> <title><acronym>DNS</acronym> Terminology</title>
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