Dns and Bind Cookbook

The DNS and Bind Cookbook collects solutions to many of the problems faced by nameserver administrators. It's an indispensable companion to DNS and Bind, 4th Edition, the definitive guide to the critical task of name server administration. The cookbook contains dozens of recipes showing solutions to everything from simple problems like "How do I get Bind?" to advanced topics like providing name service for IPv6 addresses. It's full of Bind configuration files that you can adapt to your site's requirements. The topics covered by the recipes in this book include: * Checking whether a domain name is registered * Registering your domain name and name servers * Creating zone files for your domains * Round-robin load distribution * Resetting serial numbers * Protecting your name server from abuse * Allowing dynamic updates * Setting up backup mail servers and virtual email addresses * Making your name server pass anti-Spam tests * Delegating subdomains and checking delegation * Moving a name server * Setting up slave servers and caching-only name servers * Using incremental zone transfer * Restricting the queries a server answers * Upgrading to Bind 9 from earlier versions * Using IPv6 * Interoperability between Bind versions * Interoperability between Bind and the Microsoft DNS Server * Automatic updates from a DHCP server to a Bind server * Resolver programming * Logging and troubleshooting * Name server security * Secure zone transfers These recipes encompass the day-to-day tasks you face when you are responsible for managing a name server, and many of the other tasks you will encounter as your site grows and adjusts to new requirements. The DNS and Bind Cookbook belongs in the library of anyone who is responsible for system or network administration.Liu, Cricket is the author of 'Dns and Bind Cookbook' with ISBN 9780596004101 and ISBN 0596004109.