[Herts] Of Debian and DNS!! And Wireless

[robin.c.smith at bt.com]

Bind is quite easy to setup.
 
Assuming you are running debian.....
 
apt-get update
apt-get install bind9
 
will get you started, you then just need to edit the configuration files. Bind comes with a couple of useful utilities to check  zone files and configuration files.
named-checkconf and named-checkzone . These will point out any syntax errors:-
 
usage: named-checkconf [-v] [-t directory] [named.conf]
usage: named-checkzone [-dqv] [-c class] zonename filename
 
Regards
 
Robin
 
-----Original Message-----
From: herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Nicolas Pike
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 20:51
To: herts at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: [Herts] Of Debian and DNS!! And Wireless


Hi All,
 
My blade is now running well (X), and even the most basic efforts with Relay Block Lists etc from within Postfix have reduced the previous 25+ spam per day to a trickle, so far so good. 
Now what I want to tackle next is DNS, as it would be very handy if I had my own DNS server. I have looked at www.DJBDNS.org <http://www.djbdns.org/>  and of course Bind. Now while I am happy to read enough, to get to grips with these programs; I really just wanted to provide authorative entries for a couple of dozen domain names. Well as The DNS & BIND book is now discounted at amazon I have placed my order!! Any other advice? 
 
On another note I now have my wireless setup up and running, I tested it across the road to my laptop in my neibours front room, so soon they will be sharing my broadband connection. I wonder if we can have a go at getting a connection to the pub?
 
Regards
Nicolas
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