Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:25:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Nick Sanders <fishy@netgate.net> To: chris@tourneyland.com Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tasks for junior documentation hackers! Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.05L.9909232217131.6690-100000@u2.netgate.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990923233912.0085b620@mail.9netave.net>
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My 2e-2 $: A basic DNS setup can indeed be explained using only a couple of dozen pages. Right now I'm working on a section for the handbook which will teach admins how to set up named (without any domains associated with it), and how to set up named with a domain (as primary/sec master). Its true that there are many topics which can get messy (dealing with firewalls, delegating domains, etc), but setting up basic DNS easy enough to teach. Still, I recommend the O'Reily book on DNS and BIND, since it makes a very good reference. But, IMHO, you can still setup a nice, working DNS setup without it. - Nick 622F 07DD 2F14 86DB B4D1 B807 AACC D086 623A 67F6 On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 chris@tourneyland.com wrote: > >Unfortunately, the question you asked, DNS, just isn't a 20 word answer. > >Maybe if you'd asked about one tiny part of DNS, perhaps it would have > >been, but it's not. If you think this is one big conspiracy against you, > >then I *very* reluctantly would tell you that you'll really have to > >consider going back to Windows. We're not out to get you, we would like > >you to succeed, but the answers are NOT simple, else the book wouldn't be > >that fat. > > So, the book is that fat because it has to be? That doesn't really follow. > It presumes that there's no such thing as a book that's longer than it has > to be, which is of course false. It also presumes that the DNS/Bind book is > targeted for people like me who just want a small network, which I don't > believe it is - my understanding is it's an exhaustive treatment of > DNS/Bind. Now, a person running an ISP or admining a whole Class B with a > zillion subnets has to know a lot more than me. They probably need an > exhuastive book. Do I? > > I'm not a DNS expert, but I don't really buy that what I need to know about > DNS could fill a 500 book. 50? 100? 150? Now we're talking. > > Let me put it another way . . . you wanna bet me $50 I can write up > everything a guy like me needs to know to do his own DNS serving, in 100 > pages? Now THAT sounds like fun. > > - Chris > [SNIP] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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