DNS and BIND Resources

Because DNS has been around in a stable form for so long, there are a number of good DNS- and BIND-related resources available to the inexperienced administrator. Table 12-1 provides some useful sites for more information on DNS, domain names, and BIND.

Table 12-1: DNS and BIND Resources

*Domain naming services*
HOWTO	www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html
Overview	www.dns.net/dnsrd/docs/whatis.html
General references	www.dns.net/dnsrd/

*Domain names*
RFC 1034	ftp://ftp.is.co.za/rfc/rfc1034.txt
Top-level domains	www.iana.org/gtld/gtld/htm
Country codes	www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm

*Berkeley Internet Naming Daemon (BIND9)*
Red Hat Linux Customization Guide	www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-bindconf.html
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3: Reference Guide	www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ref-guide/ch-bind.html
Common mistakes	www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ref-guide/s1-bind-mistakes.html
BIND9 FAQ	www.isc.org/products/BIND/FAQ.html
DNS and BIND (4th edition, O'Reilly & Associates)	www.oreilly.com/catalog/dns4/index.html
Administrator's manual	www.nominum.com/content/documents/bind9arm.pdf