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Date:      Thu, 9 Mar 2000 10:15:21 +1100
From:      Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au>
To:        Kevin English <kevinator_ca@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DNS Server Setup
Message-ID:  <00030910183407.00323@freebsd.freebsd.org>
References:  <20000307215857.920.qmail@web1601.mail.yahoo.com>

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O'Reilly has this really good book that explains from beginner(like what is
zone record etc ) to troubleshooting techniques.

I suggest you purchase a copy of that O'Reilly book


On Wed, 08 Mar 2000, Kevin English wrote:
> hello,
> I am new to FreeBSD and sort of new to UNIX
> administration. I managed to set up a firewall with
> natd and ipfw, now I am trying to setup a DNS Server
> to do two things: 1) act as a DNS cache for my local
> network, 2) act as the web server for a domain name
> that I recently bought and allow my to receive and
> send mail with the domain name. 
>   I've been browsing through different documents on
> the internet but I don't have a clear picture of what
> is actually involved here. I have enabled the named in
> my rc.conf and started it but I'm not sure if
> everthing is set up properly. Is there a command that
> shows me what exactly is working and all the details?
> One thing I'm confused about is the difference between
> being a domain name server for my local network and
> being a web server for the domain I own. Any help
> would be appreciated or if you could just point me in
> the right direction . . . Thanks. 
> 
> kevin
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