Illustrated TCP/IP Illustrated TCP/IP
by Matthew G. Naugle
Wiley Computer Publishing, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISBN: 0471196568   Pub Date: 11/01/98  

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Chapter 239
More DNS Information

DNS is available through a program known as BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain, and not pronounced BIN-DEE). It is available on most Unix and Windows NT systems. It is customizable through example files that are included. Most implementations simply set up for their hosts and point to an upstream root name server for reference to other sites on the Internet.

BIND (DNS) ships with most versions of Unix, but if for some reason it does not, you can download BIND from the following site:

www.isc.org

This site also contains information on DHCP and Windows NT port of BIND (not supported).

There are many sites around the Web to assist you (for a small charge) with DNS. DNS can be a daunting task, especially for large installations. You may want to consult help for your first install. Otherwise, once you get the hang of it and read a few books on DNS, you will see how simplistic it is. One of the best (and only) books about this is DNS and BIND by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu (O’Rielly) ISBN 1-56592-236-0.

More DNS Information

•  2136 PS: P. Vixie, S. Thomson, Y. Rekhter, J. Bound, “Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)”, 04/21/97 (26 pages).
•  2137 PS: D. Eastlake, “Secure Domain Name System Dynamic Update,” 04/21/97 (11 pages) (.txt format).
•  1996 PS: P. Vixie, “A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes (DNS NOTIFY),” 08/28/96 (7 pages) (.txt format).
•  1995 PS: M. Ohta, “Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS”, 08/28/96 (8 pages) (.txt format).
•  www.isc.org
•  DNS and BIND
Book by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
ISBN 1-56592-236-0


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