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Thanks Elvin. I will work on it again...
- --Moonshi
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Alf
> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 12:12 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SLP] Mini-DNS-HOWTO
>
>
> Moonshi: I've read thru most if it.. Well.. The effort is good,
> but dun't
> you think you are re-inventing the wheel ? You miss out quite a few
> points, like what's the diference between subdomain.com. and
> subdomain.com
> (With and w/o trailing .) and also things like 203.127.5.115 =
> 115.5.127.203.arpa stuff.
> Few more pointers...
>
> Explain what the MX records.. that it's an SMTP server. And since
you
> have smtp and mail around, what happened to pop ? Coz notice ur smtp
> points to mail and so does smtp ? The thing is to setup a "neat" dns
> record. These are things you should point to ppl reading howtos
(Assume
> this is the first time they are doing dns) We do not want things to
get
> messy.
>
> IN MX 10 mail.domain_name.com.
>
> localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
> router IN A 10.1.2.1
> dns_server_hostname IN A 10.1.2.2
> mailserver_hostname IN A 10.1.2.3
> www_server_hostname IN A 10.1.2.4
> domain_name.com. IN A 10.1.2.2
>
> www IN CNAME www_server_hostname ;(as pointed above IN A
> 10.1.2.4)
> ftp IN CNAME ftp_server_hostname
> pop IN CNAME mail_server_hostname
> smtp IN CNAME mail_server_hostname
> mail IN CNAME mail_server_hostname
>
> And for the first few lines of the zone files (The timeout/retry
> entries..) You can acutally put 8D, or 4H, etc.. no need put
> the seconds,
> easier to calculate and check :)
>
> |Nest, be sure to explicitly informed your ISP (Internet
> Service provider)
> |that you are
> |PRIMARY-ing your DNS and get your ISP to
> |SECONDARY your DNS zones. This is to make it easy for your network
> |administrators to update
> |the DNS zone entries, adding more
> |services, hosts and etc and getting it to be SECONDARY by your
> ISP as and
> |when your PRIMARY
> |DNS is updated.
>
> It's Next rite ? hehe..
> I think we're forcing HOW to do a DNS setup rite ? Coz some people
uses
> their own secondary server. And of coz u forget to mention that
> some ISPs
> charge for secondary DNS hosting. And actually, the person that is
more
> inportant to contact bout the secondary is Internic themselves ! :)
>
> which brings to the other points, tell ppl where to register
> their domain
> names (.com/.net/.org/.(ISO countr codes) And there is more then one
> "internics" nowadays....
>
> It's a good effort, go post it somewhere... But if i were to point,
I
> would think the full DNS-HOWTO is better. The current version of
BIND's
> documentation (in the zone files) is good enuf. And redhat 6.0 makes
DNS
> so much easier too.
>
> The problem ppl have when it comes to DNS is not really the setting
up,
> it's more of the understanding of how DNS works. That's why simple
> footnotes and tips is important to make ur DNS-MINI-HOWTO more
> "enriching"
> experience.
>
> You forgot one thing, a very important thing.. setting it up as
> a caching
> server :) Coz if you have your own DNS server, you have your
> own network,
> etc.. u get the picture.
>
>
> Elvin
> -
>
> On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Moonshi Mohsenruddin -- User wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I have just written a Mini-DNS-HOWTO which is applicable as a
> > streamliner for HardwareZone.com site.
> >
> > Elvin >> I need your help to go thru the "named.conf",
"named.hosts",
> > "named.local" and "named.rev" file before I post it to the
> public and on
> > SLP's website.
> >
> > Once you have done that, add your name to it too :)
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Moonshi Mohsenruddin aka MoonX [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Asia/Singapore icq:2595480 http://www.linux.com.sg
>
>
>
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