Download or read book DNS & BIND Cookbook written by Cricket Liu and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2002-12-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "DNS BIND Cookbook presents solutions to the many problems faced by network administrators responsible for a name server. This title is an indispensable companion to "DNS BIND, 4th Edition, the definitive guide to the critical task of name server administration. The cookbook contains dozens of code recipes showing solutions to everyday problems, ranging from simple questions, like, "How do I get BIND?" to more advanced topics like providing name service for IPv6 addresses. With the wide range of recipes in this book, you'll be able toCheck whether a name is registeredRegister your domain name and name serversCreate zone files for your domainsProtect your name server from abuseSet up back-up mail servers and virtual email addressesDelegate subdomains and check delegationUse incremental transferSecure zone transfersRestrict which queries a server will answerUpgrade to BIND 9 from earlier versionPerform logging and troubleshootingUse IPv6and much more.