DNS & Bind Cookbook

This volume presents solutions to the many problems faced by network administrators responsible for a name server. Following O'Reilly’s popular problem-and-solution cookbook format, this title is a companion to DNS & BIND , 4th Edition, a guide to the critical task of name server administration. The cookbook contains many code recipes showing solutions to everyday problems, ranging from simple questions, like, How do I get BIN D? to more advanced topics like providing name service for IPv6 addresses. It’s full of BIND configuration files that you can adapt to your sites requirements. With the wide range of recipes in this book, you’ll be able to: check whether a name is registered; register your domain name and name servers; create zone files for your domains; protect your name server from abuse; set up back-up mail servers and virtual email addresses; delegate subdomains and check delegation; use incremental transfer; secure zone transfers; restrict which queries a server will answer; upgrade to BIND 9 from earlier version; perform logging and troubleshooting; and use IPv6. These recipes encompass all the day-to-day tasks you’re faced with when managing a name server, and many other tasks you’ll face as your site grows.