Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 10:54:35 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Michael Gray <mtg@dmi.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS Server Message-ID: <19980328105435.62812@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <351C4D36.4C60@dmi.net>; from Michael Gray on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 05:07:02PM -0800 References: <351C4D36.4C60@dmi.net>
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On Fri, 27 March 1998 at 17:07:02 -0800, Michael Gray wrote: > Hi FreeBSD, > I have been considerring building a DNS server. I have been told, this > is a $20k endeavor What domain are you planning to serve? .com? .org? .edu? Then yes, it could come even more expensive. dmi.net? You could do that with an old 386 with 8 MB of memory. > and is very complicated to maintain. Not true. > I noticed in my FreeBSD manual that you mention adding DNS services > to the server without much fanfare. > What does it really take? What options are actually available and what > type of machine requirements are there? You can either buy an O'Reilly book (DNS and BIND if you want the real low-down, TCP/IP Network Administration if you want to understand it), or "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm), which covers most normal DNS setups and a lot of other stuff beside. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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