Networking Guide
Chapter 6, Configuring the Domain Name Service

For more about DNS

For more about DNS

To obtain more information about DNS files and commands, consult the following manual pages:

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 Manual page        Information provided
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 dig(ADMN)          Domain Information Groper, an alternative to
                    nslookup
 host(ADMN)         Host name resolution description
 hostname(ADMN)     Sets or prints current hostname
 named(ADMN)        The named daemon
 named.boot(SFF)    File format of the DNS boot file
 named.hosts(SFF)   File format of the DNS boot file
 named.rev(SFF)     File format of the DNS reverse host mapping file
 named.soa(SFF)     File format of the DNS start of authority file
 named-xfer(ADMN)   Transfer DNS zone files
 nslookup(TC)       Name service command line query tool
 root.cache(SFF)    File format of the DNS cache file
 resolver(SFF)      The /etc/resolv.conf configuration file
To get more information about BIND, DNS, and related protocols, see the following Request for Comments (RFCs).
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 RFC    Title
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 819    The Domain Naming Convention for Internet User Applications
 974    Mail Routing and the Domain System
 1032   Domain Administrator's Guide
 1033   Domain Administrator's Guide
 1034   Domain Names -- Concept and Facilities
 1035   Domain Names -- Implementation and Specification
 1101   DNS Encoding of Network Names and Other Types
 1123   Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support
 1183   New DNS RR Definitions
 1535   A Security Problem and Proposed Correction With Widely
        Deployed DNS Software
 1536   Common DNS Implementation Errors and Suggested Fixes
 1537   Common DNS Data File Configuration Error
Finally, a good place to start for beginners is the book DNS and BIND, by Cricket Liu and Paul Albitz, C. 1992 by O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, CA.