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DNS and BIND is about 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 say in the preface, if you`re using the Internet, you`re already using DNSeven if you don`t know it.This edition brings you up to date on the new 9.1.0 and 8.2.3 versions of BIND along with the older 4.9 version. There`s also more extensive coverage of NOTIFY, IPv6 forward and reverse mapping, transaction signatures, and the new DNS Security Extensions; and a new section on accommodating Windows 2000 clients, servers and Domain Controllers.Whether you`re an administrator involved daily with DNS or a user who wants to be more informed about the Internet and how it works, you`ll find this book essential reading.Topics include:What DNS does, how it works, and when you need to use itHow to find your own place in the Internet`s name spaceSetting up name serversUsing MX records to route mailConfiguring hosts to use DNS name serversSubdividing 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 sharingTroubleshooting: using nslookup, reading debugging output, common problemsDNS programming, using the resolver library and Perl`s Net::DNS module
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