From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 1 22:16:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CDDF16A403 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:16:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3D3743C9D for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:16:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin05-en2 [10.13.10.150]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout13/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id kB1MGTfr009324; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 14:16:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [17.214.13.96] (a17-214-13-96.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin05/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id kB1MGQU9000588; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 14:16:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <340a29540612011303n4b6d6367gc385021cfe0be7dc@mail.gmail.com> References: <340a29540612011303n4b6d6367gc385021cfe0be7dc@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <283B3DE5-E53E-4777-A789-DAC6BE0E5DA4@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 14:16:25 -0800 To: Andrew Falanga X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Configuring DNS (BIND) in isolation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:16:30 -0000 On Dec 1, 2006, at 1:03 PM, Andrew Falanga wrote: > I have a need to make my own DNS system on an isolated network. > Years ago, > I administered DNS for a couple of different companies, but that > was quite a > while ago and since I've turned to programming I haven't done much > in the > way of network administration. I recall from using BIND 4, when I was > reading up on it, that it is most certainly possible to configure > an entire > DNS system on a totally isolated network. Of course; it's possible to do so with BIND-8, too. :-) > Would I need zone files for the root, ".", zone and any other zones I > configure; e.g. "isolation."? Yep. > This would seem to be the way to go about it, > but I'm having some difficulty visualizing it in my head. I just > did some > searches online for the O'Reilly book "DNS & BIND". I recall using > this > book in the past and it was quite helpful (and unfortunately for me, > belonged to my former employers). Would this book be a good > reference for > this task as well, or are there better books that I might want to > look into > getting for this? Or, are there good on-line resources that could > help me > muddle through? The O'Reilly DNS & BIND book is an excellent reference, and you should certainly pick it up if you're going to be running your own root NS, although it should also be true that you can use the online references such as the BOG (BIND Operations Guide) to accomplish your goal. -- -Chuck