DNS HOWTO

Nicolai Langfeldt janl@math.uio.no

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

Legal mumbo-jumbo:

(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.

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.

1. Introduction.

2. A caching only name server.

3. A Simple domain.

4. DNS and firewalls and other peculiar net things.

5. Maintenance

6. Automatic setup for dialup connections.

7. How to become a bigger time DNS admin.