From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 31 00:32:10 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 295B16B0; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:32:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16657E2E; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:32:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s2V0W9dI071615; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:32:09 GMT (envelope-from brd@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from brd@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s2V0W9FI071614; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:32:09 GMT (envelope-from brd@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201403310032.s2V0W9FI071614@svn.freebsd.org> From: Brad Davis Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:32:09 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:32:10 -0000 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" --> Domain Name System (<acronym>DNS</acronym>) - BIND + DNS Domain Name System (DNS) is the protocol through which domain names are mapped to IP - addresses, and vice versa. By default, &os; installs the - Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND), which - is the most common implementation of the DNS - protocol. The &os; version provides enhanced security features, - a new file system layout, and automated &man.chroot.8; - configuration. BIND is maintained by the isc.org. It is not - necessary to run a name server to perform DNS - lookups on a system. + addresses, and vice versa. DNS is coordinated + across the Internet through a somewhat complex system of + authoritative root, Top Level Domain (TLD), + and other smaller-scale name servers, which host and cache + individual domain information. It is not necessary to run a name + server to perform DNS lookups on a system. - DNS - DNS is coordinated across the Internet - through a somewhat complex system of authoritative root, Top - Level Domain (TLD), and other smaller-scale - name servers, which host and cache individual domain - information. Table 28.4 describes some of the terms associated - with DNS: + BIND + + In &os; 10, the Berkeley Internet Name Domain + (BIND) has been removed from the base system + and replaced with Unbound. Unbound as configured in the &os; + Base is a local caching resolver. BIND is + still available from The Ports Collection as dns/bind99 or dns/bind98. In &os; 9 and lower, + BIND is included in &os; Base. The &os; + version provides enhanced security features, a new file system + layout, and automated &man.chroot.8; configuration. + BIND is maintained by the Internet Systems + Consortium. resolver reverse DNS root zone + The following table describes some of the terms associated + with DNS: + <acronym>DNS</acronym> Terminology