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| Category: | General - Books | By: | O'Reilly |
| More info: | www.oreilly.com | Author(s): | Cricket Liu, Paul Albitz |
| Pages: | 616 | Year of publication: | 2006 |
This edition covers BIND 9.3.2, the most recent release of the BIND 9 series, as well as BIND 8.4.7.BIND 9.3.2 contains further improvements in security & IPv6 support, and new features such as internationalized domain names, ENUM (electronic numbering), and SPF (the Sender Policy Framework). Whether you're an administrator involved with DNS on a daily basis or a user who wants to be more informed about the Internet and how it works, you'll find that this book is essential reading.Topics » Read more... | ![]() |
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This edition covers BIND 9.3.2, the most recent release of the BIND 9 series, as well as BIND 8.4.7.BIND 9.3.2 contains further improvements in security & IPv6 support, and new features such as internationalized domain names, ENUM (electronic numbering), and SPF (the Sender Policy Framework). Whether you're an administrator involved with DNS on a daily basis or a user who wants to be more informed about the Internet and how it works, you'll find that this book is essential reading.Topics include:- What DNS does, how it works, & when you need to use it;- How to find your own place in the Internet's namespace;- Setting up name servers;- Using MX records to route mail;- Configuring hosts to use DNS name servers;- Subdividing domains (parenting);- Securing your name server: restricting who can query your server, preventing unauthorized zone transfers, avoiding bogus servers, etc.;- The DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) & Transaction Signatures (TSIG);- Mapping one name to several servers for load sharing;- Dynamic updates, asynchronous notification of change to a zone, and incremental zone transfers;- Troubleshooting: using nslookup and dig, reading debugging output, common problems;- DNS programming using the resolver library and Perl's Net::DNS module.

