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You might try MaraDNS; it is somewhat easier to configure and unlike some other options, won't want to change the way your machine works and also, like Bind, can do both authoritative and recursive (resolving) name serving if you need it to.
/usr/ports/dns/maradns I don't find Bind all that difficult these days - probably because I have to change DNS records fairly often so like everything, practice helps. But I have been using MaraDNS on a "virtual" server recently because I was tight on RAM and was looking at every service for areas to trim. |
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I guess Bind and Sendmail are of a kind: they both are the programs that defined and shaped their protocols.
So, once you really understand the protocol, neither are that difficult to configure.
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djb's tinydns is lighter, but not necessarily easier to configure. If you're handy with scripting you can set up things comperable to zone files if you like, or not. Like many things, it's incredibly flexible which makes the learning curve a bit steeper.
It's a good thing to work through if you want to understand DNS and not just BIND's implementation of it. |
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So far, I also haven't found a good tutorial that explains just what each part of Bind does and how it works. I am really not up to speed when it comes to DNS. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -Tim |
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http://comixwall.org/ You do not really need all of Bind components. You just need Caching server part. I would start with the following reading. http://www.kernel-panic.it/openbsd/dns/ |
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Dunno if it will be of much help, but maybe the FreeBSD documentation or manpages have an explanation of bind's syntax.
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open source projects ever undertaken. It has official web site and serious documentation https://www.isc.org/software/bind As usual a serious system administrator should start by reading the original RFCs which established DNS protocol. http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html At the request of Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris invented the Domain Name System in 1983 and wrote the first implementation. The original specifications appear in RFC 882 and RFC 883. You should probably also look RFC 1034 and RFC 1035 which updated the original RFCs. After that one should make an inform decision which particular implementation of DNS server wants to use (Based on many factors) and then after that dig into documentation for that particular peace of software which will be used. Last edited by Oko; 16th May 2009 at 04:27 AM. |
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Thanks for reminding me. -Tim |
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Oko,
That article/HowTo on KernelPanic is da bomb! Thanks man! This is what I was looking for. Now I can set up Bind and actually know what the heck I'm doing I really appreciate the help on this. I'll get back to you after I get the DNS server set up but it looks like it's gonna be a lot easier than I thought it was. -Tim |
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Of course, if you don't have the time to get up-to-speed with DNS's ins and outs now, then the simplified DNS servers mentioned above, and the web-enabled interfaces can get what you need done quickly with a minimum of fuss. Use them: they sound like the tool for the job here.
One day you'll need the power of Bind, and will take the time to understand DNS, and, when you do, you'll probably use Bind for everything. But until then, well, the Bind daemon doesn't have leather wings, and doesn't attack anyone!
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Check out djbdns... don't take it as offense - DNS stuff is not kick-and-it-will-work-forever... you should do some reading and then bind9's configuration will be just details. Personally i know about DNS not too much more than outlined in handbook but it allowed me to set up several simple DNS servers WITH understanding what i am doing... cheers.
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Thanks to you guys I have several more Bind servers running and understand what I did. I appreciate your help. -Tim |
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