Pro DNS and BIND 10 [electronic resource] /
Aitchison, Ron.author.
Pro DNS and BIND 10 guides you through the challenging array of features surrounding DNS with a special focus on the latest release of BIND, the world's most popular DNS implementation. This book unravels the mysteries of DNS, offering insight into origins, evolution, and key concepts like domain names and zone files. This book focuses on running DNS systems based on BIND 10, the first stable release that includes support for the latest DNSSEC standards. Whether you administer a DNS system, are thinking about running one, or you simply want to understand the DNS system, then this book for you. Pro DNS and BIND 10 starts with simple concepts, then moves on to full security-aware DNSSEC configurations. Various features, parameters, and Resource Records are described and illustrated with examples. The book contains a complete reference to zone files, resource records, and BIND's configuration file parameters. You can treat the book as a simple paint-by-numbers guide to everything from a simple caching DNS to the most complex secure DNS (DNSSEC) implementation. Background information is included for when you need to know what to do and why you have to do it, and so that you can modify processes to meet your unique needs.
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Introduction to the Second Edition; Who This Book Is For; How This Book Is Structured; Conventions; Contacting the Author; Part I Principles and Overview; Chapter 1: An Introduction to DNS; A Brief History of Name Servers; Name Server Basics; The Internet Domain Name System; DNS Implementation and Structure; Root DNS Operations; DNS in Action; DNS Software; Summary; Chapter 2: Zone Files and Resource Records; Zone File Format; Zone File Contents
An Example Zone FileThe TTL Directive; The ORIGIN Directive; The SOA Resource Record; The NS Resource Record; The MX Resource Record; The A Resource Record; CNAME Resource Record; Additional Resource Records; Standard Configuration File Scenarios; Summary; Chapter 3: DNS Operations; The DNS Protocol; DNS Queries; DNS Reverse Mapping; Zone Maintenance; Summary; Chapter 4: DNS Types; Master (Primary) Name Servers; Slave (Secondary) Name Servers; Caching Name Servers; Forwarding (Proxy) Name Servers; Stealth (DMZ or Split) Name Server; Authoritative-only Name Server; Summary
Chapter 5: DNS and IPv6IPv6; Status of IPv6 DNS Support; IPv6 Resource Records; The AAAA Resource Record; Reverse IPv6 Mapping; The IPv6 PTR Resource Record; Summary; Part II: Get Something Running; Chapter 6: Installing BIND; Ubuntu Server 10.04 Installation; FreeBSD 8.1 Installation; FreeBSD Considerations; Building BIND from Source; Windows Installation; Summary; Chapter 7: BIND Type Samples; Before You Start; Master DNS Server; Slave DNS Server; Resolver (Caching-only) DNS Server; Forwarding (a.k.a. Proxy, Client, Remote) DNS Server; Stealth (a.k.a. Splitor DMZ) DNS Server
Authoritative-only DNS ServerView-based Authoritative-only DNS Server; Summary; Chapter 8: DNS Techniques; Delegate a Subdomain (Subzone); Virtual Subdomains; Configure Mail Servers Fail-Over; Delegate Reverse Subnet Maps; DNS Load Balancing; Define an SPF Record; Define a DKIM Record; Supporting http://example.com; Out-at-Sequence Serial Numbers; Use at Wildcards in Zone Files; Zone File Construction; SplitHorizon DNS; DNSBL (DNS Blacklists); DNS TTLs and Time Values; Summary; Chapter 9: DNS Diagnostics and Tools; DNS Utilities; The nslookup Utility; BIND dig Utility
BIND named-compilezone UtilityBIND named-checkconf Utility; BIND named-checkzone/named-compilezone Utility; rndc; rndc-confgen Utility; BIND nsupdate Utility; dnssec-keygen Utility; dnssec-revoke Utility; dnssec-settime Utility; dnssec-signzone Utility; Diagnosing DNS Problems; Summary; Part III: DNS Security; Chapter 10: DNS Secure Configurations; Security Overview and Audit; Administrative Security; A Cryptographic Overview; Securing Zone Transfers; Securing Dynamic Updates; Summary; Chapter 11: DNSSEC; Base DNSSEC Theory; DNSSEC Base Examples; DNSSEC Enhancements
DNSSEC Lookaside Validation
Includes index.
Pro DNS and BIND 10 guides you through the challenging array of features surrounding DNS with a special focus on the latest release of BIND, the world's most popular DNS implementation. This book unravels the mysteries of DNS, offering insight into origins, evolution, and key concepts like domain names and zone files. This book focuses on running DNS systems based on BIND 10, the first stable release that includes support for the latest DNSSEC standards. Whether you administer a DNS system, are thinking about running one, or you simply want to understand the DNS system, then this book for you. Pro DNS and BIND 10 starts with simple concepts, then moves on to full security-aware DNSSEC configurations. Various features, parameters, and Resource Records are described and illustrated with examples. The book contains a complete reference to zone files, resource records, and BIND's configuration file parameters. You can treat the book as a simple paint-by-numbers guide to everything from a simple caching DNS to the most complex secure DNS (DNSSEC) implementation. Background information is included for when you need to know what to do and why you have to do it, and so that you can modify processes to meet your unique needs.
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