BIND 9.3.2 Manual

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Administrator Reference Manual
 · Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• Scope of Document
• Organization of This Document
• The Domain Name System (DNS)
• DNS Fundamentals
• Domains and Domain Names
• Zones
• Authoritative Name Servers
• The Primary Master
• Slave Servers
• Stealth Servers
• Caching Name Servers
• Caching Name Servers
• Name Servers in Multiple Roles

• 2. BIND Resource Requirements
• Hardware requirements
• CPU Requirements
• Memory Requirements
• Name Server Intensive Environment Issues
• Supported Operating Systems

• 3. Name Server Configuration
• Sample Configurations
• A Caching-only Name Server
• An Authoritative-only Name Server
• Load Balancing
• Name Server Operations
• Tools for Use With the Name Server Daemon
• Signals

• 4. Advanced DNS Features
• Notify
• Dynamic Update
• The journal file
• Incremental Zone Transfers (IXFR)
• Split DNS
• TSIG
• Generate Shared Keys for Each Pair of Hosts
• Copying the Shared Secret to Both Machines
• Informing the Servers of the Key's Existence
• Instructing the Server to Use the Key
• TSIG Key Based Access Control
• Errors
• TKEY
• SIG(0)
• DNSSEC
• Generating Keys
• Signing the Zone
• Configuring Servers
• IPv6 Support in BIND 9
• Address Lookups Using AAAA Records
• Address to Name Lookups Using Nibble Format

• 5. The BIND 9 Lightweight Resolver
• The Lightweight Resolver Library
• Running a Resolver Daemon

• 6. BIND 9 Configuration Reference
• Configuration File Elements
• Address Match Lists
• Comment Syntax
• Configuration File Grammar
• acl Statement Grammar
• acl Statement Definition and Usage
• controls Statement Grammar
• controls Statement Definition and Usage
• include Statement Grammar
• include Statement Definition and Usage
• key Statement Grammar
• key Statement Definition and Usage
• logging Statement Grammar
• logging Statement Definition and Usage
• lwres Statement Grammar
• lwres Statement Definition and Usage
• masters Statement Grammar
• masters Statement Definition and Usage
• options Statement Grammar
• options Statement Definition and Usage
• server Statement Grammar
• server Statement Definition and Usage
• trusted-keys Statement Grammar
• trusted-keys Statement Definition and Usage
• view Statement Grammar
• view Statement Definition and Usage
• zone Statement Grammar
• zone Statement Definition and Usage
• Zone File
• Types of Resource Records and When to Use Them
• Discussion of MX Records
• Setting TTLs
• Inverse Mapping in IPv4
• Other Zone File Directives
• BIND Master File Extension: the $GENERATE Directive

• 7. BIND 9 Security Considerations
• Access Control Lists
• chroot and setuid (for UNIX servers)
• The chroot Environment
• Using the setuid Function
• Dynamic Update Security

• 8. Troubleshooting
• Common Problems
• It's not working; how can I figure out what's wrong?
• Incrementing and Changing the Serial Number
• Where Can I Get Help?
• A. Appendices
• Acknowledgments
• A Brief History of the DNS and BIND
• General DNS Reference Information
• IPv6 addresses (AAAA)
• Bibliography (and Suggested Reading)
• Request for Comments (RFCs)
• Internet Drafts
• Other Documents About BIND|

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