Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 23:29:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu> Cc: Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Some questions Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950806232637.4306C-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950806182037.8170E-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu>
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On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, -Vince- wrote: > On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, Gary Palmer wrote: > > > In message <199508061441.AAA20812@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, Michael Smith > > writes: > > >-Vince- stands accused of saying: > > >> I bought it for $29.95, how does the DNS and Bind differ from > > >> their TCP/IP book? > > > > >Well, the DNS and Bind book talks about DNS and Bind, and the TCP/IP book > > >covers lots of things, starting with the protocols & working up from > > >there. From the blurb I have here, the latter doesn't cover the DNS in > > >any great depth. > > > > I'll put it this way - if you want to administer your own DNS domain, the > > O'Reilly DNS & Bind nutshell book is a lifesaver.... Well worth the > > investment, even for a small domain. > > Hmmm, it seems their TCP/IP book covers alot of what we wanted to > know though already.... The difference is, the TCP/IP book has one chapter, consisting of 18 pages, on setting up DNS. True, some of the same info is covered, but if you don't have a real good idea of how it works in the first place (I didn't) then you do need the DNS/BIND book. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 (Freebsd 2.0R) and n3lxx (301) 220-2114 | (FreeBSD 2.0.5-snap) and am I happy! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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