DNS HOWTO

Nicolai Langfeldt janl@math.uio.no

Keywords: DNS, bind, named, dialup, ppp, slip, Internet, domain, name, hosts, resolving

Legal stuff:

(C)opyright 1995 Nicolai Langfeldt. Do not modify without amending copyright, distribute freely but retain copyright message. The author wishes to thank Arnt Gulbrandsen who read the drafts to this work countless times and provided many useful suggestions.

Other stuff:

This will never be a finished document, please send me mail about your problems and successes, it can make this a better HOWTO. So please send money, comments and/or questions to janl@ifi.uio.no.

This HOWTO is dedicated to Anne Line Norheim. Though she will probably never read it since she's not that kind of girl.

1. Introduction.

2. A caching only name server.

3. A simple domain.

4. Firewalls and other odd things.

5. Maintenance

6. Automatic setup for dialup connections.

7. How to become a bigger time DNS admin.