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Subject: Re: Running Name Server
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Warren Liddell wrote:
> Im wanting to run a name server server locally around my network on FreeBSD 
> 6.2-PRERELEASE ... Where abouts do i find the port to install so i can 
> configure it ?

There are DNS ports, but the BIND name server is native to the 
system. You just need to config and enable it.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-dns.html

If you don't want BIND, DNS ports would be in ports/net.

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