From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Aug 2 9: 4:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from garion.haneys.net (dsl-64-34-250-237.telocity.com [64.34.250.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD08637B401 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 09:04:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rich@garion.haneys.net) Received: (from rich@localhost) by garion.haneys.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f72G3kn08689; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:03:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rich) Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:03:36 -0400 From: Rich Haney To: Craig Rose Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Setting up a DNS server Message-ID: <20010802120336.A8669@haneys.net> References: <022d01c11b69$bfa87990$0100a8c0@ezonichome> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <022d01c11b69$bfa87990$0100a8c0@ezonichome>; from craig@webzonic.com on Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 08:42:34AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You'll need BIND, of course. It's nicely self-contained, so most other non-essential packages can be eliminated. You shouldn't need any real heavy-duty hardware if this is going to be the primary function - 500 MHz, 128-256MB RAM and a good drive. O'Reilly's "DNS and BIND" should be on the bookshelf of anyone who ever thought about running a nameserver. Rich On Thu, 02 Aug 2001 at 08:42, Craig Rose used 0.8K bytes to say: > I'm new to FreeBSD and Like a lot of you (I'm sure) tired of MS. > I want to convert our DNS servers to FreeBSD > > Can anyone tell me the best install options and ports to use with this > type of install. > Also, any sites or recommended books on the subject would be great. > > Thanks in advance, > > Craig Rose > Web-Zonic, Inc. > DBA. e-Zonic.Net > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain > confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all > copies of the original message. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message