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Ian Bruseker wrote: > On 4/21/06, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> First question is: how complicated is this? To give you an idea of my skill >> level, I find web servers easy, but MTAs very complex. Where would >> installing, configuring, and managing my own DNS fall on that scale? >> > I agree with William, if you can figure out Apache, you can figure out > Bind. And as he mentioned, and pretty much anyone who's ever set up a > DNS server will tell you, the O'Reilly book "DNS & BIND" is pretty > much _the_ book to read. The BIND Admistrator Reference Manual, > available at http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/ both online and in > PDF format, is also very useful. > >> Second question: would *you* bother doing it, or recommend just sticking >> with Zone Edit? >> > I bothered doing it, mostly for educational reasons but also for > cheapskate reasons. I only own a small number of domains, so what I > do is run the master DNS server myself, and get free secondary service > from www.twisted4life.com, www.xname.org, and my registrar. Yes, > three secondaries is way overkill for my needs, but hey, I could do > it, and it cost me nothing, so what the heck, why not. :-) Lots of > places seem to charge for being the master server, but will be a slave > for free, so it is of economic benefit to run the master yourself. > I also do it myself as well. I have a small web/mail hosting business (basically covers the cost of my connection) and paying someone else to do it does not make sense (in my case). The up side is that it is not too hard to figure out. The O'Reilly book is really good, I still refer to it now and again for some of the more obscure stuff. What I would do in your case, is to set up DNS in home lan, then see if you feel comfortable with it. There are enough people here who can help (William got me started in bind many years ago, thanks for that sample zone file btw). Cheers -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFESU/kwRXgH3rKGfMRAt3cAJwMkXzg/FR8BEg06xIVELVyq5unTACcC/Z4 cGaU07l5B5TSyhMHnnXFwFw= =qDxO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
