FreeBSD6 Unleashed

Chapter 32. The Domain Name Server

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Introduction to DNS Structure, Functions, and Software

• Enabling the Name Server Daemon

• Running BIND in a Sandbox

• Working with the BIND Configuration File (named.conf)

• Creating a Zone File

• Configuring a Caching Name Server

In Chapter 22, “Principles of TCP/IP Networking,” and Chapter 23, “Configuring Basic Networking Services,” you learned how DNS (the Domain Name System) provides a common naming scheme for finding hosts on the Internet, eliminating the need for users to memorize IP addresses. You also learned about the process of setting up a FreeBSD machine to gather domain name information from a designated server. However, you now come to the topic of configuring the FreeBSD machine to act, itself, ...