| 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. | |
