Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 11:41:44 -0500 From: Genti Cuni <genti.cuni@rose-hulman.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Question on domain and host config for web/mail server Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000513114106.01e74548@mail.myrealbox.com>
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--=====================_52939362==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hi everyone, I've been playing with FreeBSD 4.0 for the past 3 weeks and have come to like it very very much. I've managed to get ftp, http, ssh, and samba running perfectly. My last configuration issue is a little bit beyond me and I need a little help. This is the situation. I'm soon going to have DSL service from GTE and I want my BSD box to be a web, mail, ftp server (no NAT required because I can get as many IP's as I want). I want to run on it a domain name that my gf bought, for the purposes of this let's call it www.coolsite.com. I will have a mostly fixed IP, by that I mean that from what my friends with similar service tell me, the IPs change about once to twice a month. That's acceptable for me because I don't need 99.9999% availability online... I just want to experiment and learn. So I figured I can just go on their page when the IP changes and change it... The domain name was bougth at www.register.com. They provide primary and secondary dns service for it. Which brings us to question 1. 1) Should I bother running a dns service on my machine ? I want to use qmail for my mail, and I have set up the MX entry on the dns at register.com to point at coolsite.com . what should I use as the hostname for my machine ? should it be coolsite.com ? will the DHCP server assign me one if I ask for one ? or should I call it anything I want... like cooldude ? how will that affect my hosts entry ? if someone who's doing something like this already could help me, I would inifintely appreciate it. Thank you in advance, Genti// --=====================_52939362==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> Hi everyone,<br> <br> I've been playing with FreeBSD 4.0 for the past 3 weeks and have come to<br> like it very very much. I've managed to get ftp, http, ssh, and samba<br> running perfectly. My last configuration issue is a little bit beyond me and<br> I need a little help.<br> <br> This is the situation. I'm soon going to have DSL service from GTE and I<br> want my BSD box to be a web, mail, ftp server (no NAT required because I can<br> get as many IP's as I want). I want to run on it a domain name that my gf<br> bought, for the purposes of this let's call it <a href="http://www.coolsite.com/" eudora="autourl"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.coolsite.com</a></u></font>. I will have<br> a mostly fixed IP, by that I mean that from what my friends with similar<br> service tell me, the IPs change about once to twice a month. That's<br> acceptable for me because I don't need 99.9999% availability online... I<br> just want to experiment and learn. So I figured I can just go on their page<br> when the IP changes and change it...<br> The domain name was bougth at <a href="http://www.register.com/" eudora="autourl"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.register.com</a></u></font>. They provide primary and<br> secondary dns service for it.<br> <br> Which brings us to question 1.<br> <br> 1) Should I bother running a dns service on my machine ?<br> <br> I want to use qmail for my mail, and I have set up the MX entry on the dns<br> at register.com to point at coolsite.com .<br> <br> what should I use as the hostname for my machine ?<br> <br> should it be coolsite.com ?<br> <br> will the DHCP server assign me one if I ask for one ?<br> <br> or should I call it anything I want... like cooldude ?<br> <br> how will that affect my hosts entry ?<br> <br> if someone who's doing something like this already could help me, I would<br> inifintely appreciate it.<br> <br> Thank you in advance,<br> <br> Genti//<br> <br> <br> </html> --=====================_52939362==_.ALT-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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