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# DNS HOWTO

## Nicolai Langfeldt (`dns-howto(at)langfeldt.net`), Jamie Norrish and others

v9.0, 2001-12-20

HOWTO become a totally small time DNS admin.

## 1. Preamble

- 1.1 Legal stuff
- 1.2 Credits and request for help.
- 1.3 Dedication
- 1.4 Updated versions

## 2. Introduction.

- 2.1 Other nameserver implementations.

## 3. A resolving, caching name server.

- 3.1 Starting named
- 3.2 Resolvers
- 3.3 Congratulations

## 4. Forwarding

## 5. A simple domain.

- 5.1 But first some dry theory
- 5.2 Our own domain
- 5.3 The reverse zone
- 5.4 Words of caution
- 5.5 Why reverse lookups don't work.
- 5.6 Slave servers

## 6. Basic security options.

- 6.1 Restricting zone transfers
- 6.2 Protecting against spoofing
- 6.3 Running named as non-root

## 7. A real domain example

- 7.1 /etc/named.conf (or /var/named/named.conf)
- 7.2 /var/named/root.hints
- 7.3 /var/named/zone/127.0.0
- 7.4 /var/named/zone/land-5.com
- 7.5 /var/named/zone/206.6.177

## 8. Maintenance

## 9. Migrating to BIND 9

## 10. Questions and Answers

## 11. How to become a bigger time DNS admin.

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