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CentOS 6 Linux Server Cookbook
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CentOS 6 Linux Server Cookbook

by Jonathan Hobson
April 2013
Beginner
374 pages
8h 14m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 7. Working with Domains

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Building a caching-only nameserver with BIND
  • Writing zone files for BIND
  • Adding zones to BIND
  • Deploying a local nameserver with dnsmasq
  • Logging events with dnsmasq and combining this with logrotate
  • Enabling domain name wildcards with dnsmasq
  • Hardening BIND with chroot and providing better security measures

Introduction

This chapter contains a collection of recipes that explores the task of handling domain names, domain resolution, and DNS queries by showing you the methods and approaches associated with building a caching-only nameserver with BIND; writing zone files for BIND; adding zones to BIND; deploying a local nameserver with dnsmasq; logging events with dnsmasq and combining this with ...

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