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DNS and BIND discusses one of the Internet's fundamental building blocks: the distributed host information database that's responsible for translating names into addresses, routing mail to its proper destination, and many other services. As the authors write in the preface, if you're using the Internet, you're already using DNS -- even if you don't know it.The third edition covers BIND 4.9, on which most commercial products are currently based, and BIND 8, which implements many important new features and will be the basis for the next generation of commercial name servers. It also covers topics like DNS security (greatly improved with BIND 8.1), asynchronous notification of changes to a zone, dynamic updates, and programming with Perl's Net::DNS module.Whether you're an administrator involved with DNS on daily basis, or a user who wants to be more informed about the Internet and how it works, you'll find that this book is essential reading.Topics include:

What DNS does, how it works, and when you need to use it
How to find your own place in the Internet's name space
Setting up name servers
Using MX records to route mail
Configuring hosts to use DNS name servers
Subdividing domains (parenting)
Securing your name server: restricting who can query your server, preventing unauthorized zone transfers, avoiding bogus name servers, etc.
Mapping one name to several servers for load sharing
Troubleshooting: using nslookup, reading debugging output, common problems
DNS programming, using the resolver library and Perl's Net::DNS module

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This is the definitive book on the Domain Name System (DNS), the powerful scheme that facilitates the translation of English-like domain names (www.amazon.com) into computer-comprehensible Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (208.216.182.15). If you run a DNS server of any kind, particularly under Unix, you need to have this book on hand.

This book's early chapters give a view of DNS from high altitude, explaining basic concepts such as domains, name servers, and name resolution. From there, the authors proceed on a more practical tack, presenting specific instructions for setting up your own domain and DNS server using BIND. The authors then tell you what to do as your domain grows and you need to add more machines, subdomains, and greater throughput capacity. They also talk a lot about nslookup and C programming with the various DNS and BIND libraries. Administrators will find the chapter on BIND debugging output particularly helpful. Here, the authors translate BIND's mysterious error messages and offer specific strategies for fixing and optimizing the program. This edition covers BIND 8.1.2, but pays lots of attention to older versions that are still in wide use (4.8.3 and 4.9). The authors are careful to note differences among the versions. --David Wall

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly & Associates; 3rd edition (November 11, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 499 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1565925122
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1565925120
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.79 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.06 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,671,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #30 in Unix DNS & Bind
- #22,075 in Computer Science (Books)

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I've been around the Internet since before we called it the Internet. In those early days, I thought the ARPANET was great mainly because I no longer needed to remember the crazy-long UUCP path in my friend Ubli's email address.

I'm mostly known for working on the Domain Name System and its BIND implementation. I was responsible for DNS at Hewlett-Packard way back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a job that fell into my lap when I was called to attend a class on DNS in place of my friend and carpool-mate John, who had a family emergency. I later helped found HP's Americas Internet Consulting Practice. My friend Matt Larson and I left HP in 1997 to form Acme Byte & Wire, a boutique DNS consulting and training company, which we sold to Verisign in the summer of 2000.

I've taken a similarly convoluted course through Infoblox. I've always worked with Infoblox's sales and marketing teams, meeting with prospects and customers, giving talks and webinars. And I still consult with our engineering organization on DNSish issues (though, sadly, they need me less and less). But I've also run usability here (with help from more talented friends) and product management, and I've managed our IPv6 Center of Excellence. My title is currently Chief DNS Architect. (I'm not entirely sure what it means, either.) Some wags have suggested that "Chief Frequent Flyer" would be more appropriate.

I still love the Domain Name System and its (now) many implementations. I'm currently focusing on DNS security: not just the DNS Security Extensions, but how to protect name servers from DDoS attacks, how to avoid having your name servers exploited in those attacks, and how name servers can help provide defense in depth on your network.

Oh, and I wrote that book with the grasshopper on it. Like forever ago.

In my spare time, I love spending time with my kids, Walter and Greta, and my Siberian Huskies, Teddy and Gracie.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2015

Obsolete. Does not cover DNSSEC. Online sources are better.

Makes Transition To Bind 8 Painless!

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2000

Changing from a pre-8 version of BIND to version 8 of BIND is not as straightforward as previous upgrades have been. Then `named.boot' file is entirely different, among other changes. This book is great at identifying the required changes and assisting in making those changes.
DNS and BIND clarifies all the mysteries associated with BIND (named) and DNS. Easy to read. Covers every detail from getting and installing the latest BIND, to configuration and troubleshooting. Has a great chapter on nslookup and another that gives detailed explanations of just about every BIND related error message. The only thing they left out is info on configuring syslog to manipulate in a usable manner the BIND generated messages.
For some reason, DNS seems to be a mystery to so many sysadmins. If it were as simple as people often pretend it is (typical system admin person: "Oh, I already know everything about DNS that I need to know... so why read a book or take a course?"), then why do I see 15,000+ lame server messages and 250+ mail CNAME messages every month? These errors are only the result of DNS configuration errors!
Very few sysadmin people REALLY know as much about BIND and DNS as they should. If you are a sysadmin person, do yourself a favor and buy and read this book. If you are an IT manager, check your system administrator's book shelf. If this book is missing, then buy it for them and make them read it! (You should read it first, then develop some test questions to see if they really did read it!)
This BOOK MUST BE REQUIRED READING for EVERY system administrator on any type of system connected to the Internet. If everyone that administered an Internet site read this book, we could probably reduce the error traffic on the Internet by 50% or more!
This book also should be the basis of a required one-quarter undergraduate CS course at all schools that teach CS, CE, IT, or equivalent.
One of the best written of the O'Reilly books.
Jon R. Kibler, Systems Architect, Advanced Systems Engineering Technology, Inc.

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THE book for DNS admins

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2000

This is one of the classical O'Reilly books with which O'Reilly got it's status of "you need to have this book". With this book it was easy to set up a domain name server on linux in no time. It goes very deep into details of DNS and BIND, so that one can probably handle DNS whithout other books. The chapters of the book are: 1.) Background, 2.) How Does DNS Work?, 3.) Where Do I Start?, 4.) Setting Up BIND, 5.) DNS and Electronic Mail, 6.) Configuring Hosts, 7.) Maintaining BIND, 8.) Growing Your Domain, 9.) Parenting, 10.) Advanced Features and Security, 11.) nslookup, 12.) Reading BIND Debugging Output, 13.) Troubleshooting DNS and BIND, 14.) Programming with the Resolver and Name Server Library Routines, 15.) Miscellaneous and F Appendices.

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This is the reference manual for DNS/BIND

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2007

If you work with DNS/BIND for a living, you either already have this book, or know someone you can borrow it from. It's the one to own.

Denard D Springle

Simple Insight into DNS and BIND!

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2000

It doesn't matter if you're new to Linux/UNIX or if you've been using it for awhile, this book delves into the mysteries behind DNS and BIND and puts the right information in simple, easy to understand format at your fingertips! So easy to follow, I had my basic DNS up and running in a few hours and tweaked to maximum efficiency in a few days! If you're planning on setting up and running a DNS server or if you just need to run it for your internal network this book explains it all! Buy it now... you won't regret it! Kudos to Paul for such a wonderful peice of work!

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Nothing happens on the Internet without DNS...

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2001

...And if you want to know how the DNS works (in general), and how BIND implements the DNS (in specific), then there simply is no substitute for this book.
The fourth edition of this book (due to ship in May 2001) has been updated to cover BIND 8.2.x and the completely rewritten BIND 9.1.x series.
If you are a domain administrator, you *MUST* have this book. Period. Buy a copy now. Heck, buy a couple of copies, knowing that in the relatively near future the one you had been using will be so worn out that you'll need a new one anyway, and you'll be glad you already have one on hand instead of having to wait a few days for it to ship.
Indispensible. But then, I'm a little biased, since I was a reviewer of the 2nd edition of this book. ;-)

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A must have for UNIX Systems Administrators

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2000

This book is a must have for anyone who administers DNS servers. I knew nothing about DNS or BIND before I bought this book. This book has made mystery behind DNS very clear.
As a person who runs a small ISP, this book has helped me a great deal in setting up and modifying our name servers. I highly recommend this book to anyone, the beginner or the advanced. Even know this book has taught me most of what I need to know, it is an excellent reference to go back on.
great book!

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