Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 01:02:02 -0400 (EDT) From: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.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.LNX.3.91.950810010006.3949U-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950809213457.486A-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu>
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On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, Chuck Robey wrote: > 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. Hmmm okay but do they have a catalog of any type? > Thanks, Terry. Thanks Chuck, Gary and Michael! =) Cheers, -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! Chabot Observatory & Science Center
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