Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 21:40:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu> Cc: Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, FreeBSD-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some questions Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950809213457.486A-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950809210353.2934R-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu>
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On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, -Vince- wrote: > On Tue, 8 Aug 1995, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > On Tue, 8 Aug 1995, -Vince- wrote: > > > > [ who begat who stuff deleted] > > > > > > > > >> I bought it for $29.95, how does the DNS and Bind differ from > > > > > > >> their TCP/IP book? > > > > > > > > > > > > >Well, the DNS and Bind book talks about DNS and Bind, and the TCP/IP book > > > > > > >covers lots of things, starting with the protocols & working up from > > > > > > >there. From the blurb I have here, the latter doesn't cover the DNS in > > > > > > >any great depth. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll put it this way - if you want to administer your own DNS domain, the > > > > > > O'Reilly DNS & Bind nutshell book is a lifesaver.... Well worth the > > > > > > investment, even for a small domain. > > > > > > > > > > Hmmm, it seems their TCP/IP book covers alot of what we wanted to > > > > > know though already.... > > > > > > > > The difference is, the TCP/IP book has one chapter, consisting of 18 > > > > pages, on setting up DNS. True, some of the same info is covered, but if > > > > you don't have a real good idea of how it works in the first place (I > > > > didn't) then you do need the DNS/BIND book. > > > > > > True but is the TCP/IP book a good book to have as well? > > > > They have different focusses. I think the TCP/IP book justifies itself > > in explaining how to troubleshoot network problems, ifconfig stuff, and > > network security, but the big chapter on Sendmail doesn't hurt. I drop a > > fair amount of money on O'Reilly books, tho, so you might disagree. BTW, > > I don't have to pay full cost, you know ... README.DOC in Pennsylvania > > stocks them, and offers a nice (20-25%) discount. Their number is > > 1-800-678-1473, or 717-264-0843, they take plastic of various sorts. > > Hmmm, okay. Just curious but what was your price on the DNS and > Bind book? I don't remember, it's been at least 9 months since I bought it, I don't keep the receipts. The Readme.Doc folk's receipts show the list price and the price after their discount, and it seemed like real numbers, compared to what I used to pay bookstores before I found out about Readme.Doc. I post this info about twice a year, because I think I'm doing folks (who probably don't have much more money than I) a favor. I spend FAR too much of my money on books. Just bought the Magic Garden, a really neat thing that Terry told me about. Tells me all about the VFS stuff (besides lots of other stuff) that I've been very curious about. It's pointed at SVR4, but there ISN'T one on bsd like that, so it's the next best bet. Thanks, Terry. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 (Freebsd 2.0.5-snap-0726) and (301) 220-2114 | n3lxx (FreeBSD 2.0.5-snap-0622) -- Great! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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