Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:14:30 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Grant Cooper <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bind vs free dns providers Message-ID: <20020828081430.GC15742@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <002501c24e60$b8ba28b0$2afececd@TCOOPER> References: <002501c24e60$b8ba28b0$2afececd@TCOOPER>
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On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 01:01:24AM -0600, Grant Cooper wrote:
> I've been reading on dns packages specifically Bind from ports. I am
> currently using zoneedit to point to me but I would like to do this myself.
> I only have 1 IP and I was told by my provider I HAVE to have 2.
There's nothing to stop you running bind on your machine: running it
as a recursive server to lookup addresses on behalf of your own
systems will work fine so long as you have a workable connection to
the net.
However, if you want to run a server that is authoritative for one or
more domains then the requirements are a bit more stringent. In order
to register a domain with one of the various registries around the net
you need to have at least two servers carrying your zone data and
those should a) have fixed IP addresses and b) be hosted on distinct
networks. Now, one of those can certainly be your home machine if
you've got a fixed address. Your ISP would usually provide the other
server for a small fee, or if they won't there are many people around
the net who would.
A variation on this scheme is quite popular, which is to run a master
server on your own machine and two or more secondaries on well
connected machines elsewhere on the net. However, when you register
your domains, you give only the two secondaries as the registered
nameservers and not your own master machine. This has the advantage
that you still have full control over the zone data, but all the
external DNS traffic will be directed to the secondary servers.
> I have a mail server, and web server all on one box, I'm pretty sure but I
> want to put a functional bind on one box for now. Can I do this?
It should work fine for a lightly loaded system.
Cheers,
Matthew
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