Chapter 6: Configuring the Domain Name Service
Table of contents
Chapter 6: Configuring the Domain Name Service
How DNS works
New features in this release of DNS
DNS domains and zones
DNS domain and hostnames
The Internet domain structure
Registering a domain name
DNS servers and clients
Primary servers
Stub service
Secondary servers
Caching-only servers
Remote servers
Slave mode servers
DNS resolution
DNS resolvers
DNS root servers
DNS forwarders
The /etc/resolv.conf file
DNS utilities and daemons
Basic DNS configuration
Configuring a caching-only server
Configuring a primary server
Configuring a secondary server
Configuring a remote server
Advanced DNS configuration
DNS server configuration files
Sample /etc/named.boot file
Sample root.cache file
Sample named.local file
Sample hosts file
Sample /etc/named.rev file
DNS client configuration file
Editing DNS resource records
DNS resource record syntax
Special resource record characters
Separating data into multiple files
Changing an origin in a data file
A (address) resource record
AFSDB (DCE or AFS server) resource record
CNAME (canonical name) resource record
HINFO (host information) resource record
MB (mailbox) resource record
MG (mail group member) resource record
MINFO (mailbox information) resource record
MR (mail rename) resource record
MX (mail exchanger) resource record
NS (name server) resource record
PTR (domain name pointer) resource record
RP (responsible person) resource record
SA (shuffle address) resource record
SOA (start of authority) resource record
Tuning the time-to-live variable
TXT (text) resource record
WKS (well-known services) resource record
Administering and troubleshooting DNS
Troubleshooting DNS
Using nslookup
Using nslookup interactively
nslookup interactive commands
nslookup interactive options
Querying a single name or address
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