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DNS and BIND, 4th Edition
By Paul Albitz, Cricket Liu
   
Publisher : O'Reilly
Pub Date : April 2001
ISBN : 0-596-00158-4
Pages : 622


    Copyright
    Preface
      Versions
      What's New in the Fourth Edition?
      Organization
      Audience
      Obtaining the Example Programs
      Contacting O'Reilly
      Conventions Used in This Book
      Quotations
      Acknowledgments
   
    Chapter 1.  Background
      Section 1.1.  A (Very) Brief History of the Internet
      Section 1.2.  On the Internet and internets
      Section 1.3.  The Domain Name System in a Nutshell
      Section 1.4.  The History of BIND
      Section 1.5.  Must I Use DNS?
   
    Chapter 2.  How Does DNS Work?
      Section 2.1.  The Domain Name Space
      Section 2.2.  The Internet Domain Name Space
      Section 2.3.  Delegation
      Section 2.4.  Name Servers and Zones
      Section 2.5.  Resolvers
      Section 2.6.  Resolution
      Section 2.7.  Caching
   
    Chapter 3.  Where Do I Start?
      Section 3.1.  Getting BIND
      Section 3.2.  Choosing a Domain Name
   
    Chapter 4.  Setting Up BIND
      Section 4.1.  Our Zone
      Section 4.2.  Setting Up Zone Data
      Section 4.3.  Setting Up a BIND Configuration File
      Section 4.4.  Abbreviations
      Section 4.5.  Host Name Checking (BIND 4.9.4 and Later Versions)
      Section 4.6.  Tools
      Section 4.7.  Running a Primary Master Name Server
      Section 4.8.  Running a Slave Name Server
      Section 4.9.  Adding More Zones
      Section 4.10.  What Next?
   
    Chapter 5.  DNS and Electronic Mail
      Section 5.1.  MX Records
      Section 5.2.  What's a Mail Exchanger, Again?
      Section 5.3.  The MX Algorithm
   
    Chapter 6.  Configuring Hosts
      Section 6.1.  The Resolver
      Section 6.2.  Sample Resolver Configurations
      Section 6.3.  Minimizing Pain and Suffering
      Section 6.4.  Vendor -Specific Options
   
    Chapter 7.  Maintaining BIND
      Section 7.1.  Controlling the Name Server
      Section 7.2.  Updating Zone Data Files
      Section 7.3.  Organizing Your Files
      Section 7.4.  Changing System File Locations in BIND 8 and 9
      Section 7.5.  Logging in BIND 8 and 9
      Section 7.6.  Keeping Everything Running Smoothly
   
    Chapter 8.  Growing Your Domain
      Section 8.1.  How Many Name Servers?
      Section 8.2.  Adding More Name Servers
      Section 8.3.  Registering Name Servers
      Section 8.4.  Changing TTLs
      Section 8.5.  Planning for Disasters
      Section 8.6.  Coping with Disaster
   
    Chapter 9.  Parenting
      Section 9.1.  When to Become a Parent
      Section 9.2.  How Many Children?
      Section 9.3.  What to Name Your Children
      Section 9.4.  How to Become a Parent: Creating Subdomains
      Section 9.5.  Subdomains of in-addr.arpa Domains
      Section 9.6.  Good Parenting
      Section 9.7.  Managing the Transition to Subdomains
      Section 9.8.  The Life of a Parent
   
    Chapter 10.  Advanced Features
      Section 10.1.  Address Match Lists and ACLs
      Section 10.2.  DNS Dynamic Update
      Section 10.3.  DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification)
      Section 10.4.  Incremental Zone Transfer (IXFR)
      Section 10.5.  Forwarding
      Section 10.6.  Views
      Section 10.7.  Round Robin Load Distribution
      Section 10.8.  Name Server Address Sorting
      Section 10.9.  Preferring Name Servers on Certain Networks
      Section 10.10.  A Nonrecursive Name Server
      Section 10.11.  Avoiding a Bogus Name Server
      Section 10.12.  System Tuning
      Section 10.13.  Compatibility
      Section 10.14.  The ABCs of IPv6 Addressing
      Section 10.15.  Addresses and Ports
      Section 10.16.  IPv6 Forward and Reverse Mapping
   
    Chapter 11.  Security
      Section 11.1.  TSIG
      Section 11.2.  Securing Your Name Server
      Section 11.3.  DNS and Internet Firewalls
      Section 11.4.  The DNS Security Extensions
   
    Chapter 12.  nslookup and dig
      Section 12.1.  Is nslookup a Good Tool?
      Section 12.2.  Interactive Versus Noninteractive
      Section 12.3.  Option Settings
      Section 12.4.  Avoiding the Search List
      Section 12.5.  Common Tasks
      Section 12.6.  Less Common Tasks
      Section 12.7.  Troubleshooting nslookup Problems
      Section 12.8.  Best of the Net
      Section 12.9.  Using dig
   
    Chapter 13.  Reading BIND Debugging Output
      Section 13.1.  Debugging Levels
      Section 13.2.  Turning On Debugging
      Section 13.3.  Reading Debugging Output
      Section 13.4.  The Resolver Search Algorithm and Negative Caching (BIND 8)
      Section 13.5.  The Resolver Search Algorithm and Negative Caching (BIND 9)
      Section 13.6.  Tools
   
    Chapter 14.  Troubleshooting DNS and BIND
      Section 14.1.  Is NIS Really Your Problem?
      Section 14.2.  Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques
      Section 14.3.  Potential Problem List
      Section 14.4.  Transition Problems
      Section 14.5.  Interoperability and Version Problems
      Section 14.6.  TSIG Errors
      Section 14.7.  Problem Symptoms
   
    Chapter 15.  Programming with the Resolver and Name Server Library Routines
      Section 15.1.  Shell Script Programming with nslookup
      Section 15.2.  C Programming with the Resolver Library Routines
      Section 15.3.  Perl Programming with Net::DNS
   
    Chapter 16.  Miscellaneous
      Section 16.1.  Using CNAME Records
      Section 16.2.  Wildcards
      Section 16.3.  A Limitation of MX Records
      Section 16.4.  Dialup Connections
      Section 16.5.  Network Names and Numbers
      Section 16.6.  Additional Resource Records
      Section 16.7.  DNS and WINS
      Section 16.8.  DNS and Windows 2000
   
    Appendix A.  DNS Message Format and Resource Records
      Section A.1.  Master File Format
      Section A.2.  DNS Messages
      Section A.3.  Resource Record Data
   
    Appendix B.  BIND Compatibility Matrix
    Appendix C.  Compiling and Installing BIND on Linux
      Section C.1.  Instructions for BIND 8.2.3
      Section C.2.  Instructions for BIND 9.1.0
   
    Appendix D.  Top-Level Domains
    Appendix E.  BIND Name Server and Resolver Configuration
      Section E.1.  BIND Name Server Boot File Directives and Configuration File Statements
      Section E.2.  BIND 4 Boot File Directives
      Section E.3.  BIND 8 Configuration File Statements
      Section E.4.  BIND 9 Configuration File Statements
      Section E.5.  BIND Resolver Statements
   
    Colophon
    Index
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