Re: [SLUG] Telnet and the Internet

From: Jason Copenhaver (jcopenha@typedef.org)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 08:30:04 EST


If you don't mind I'd be interested in this also.. I'm thinking about
setting up a DNS server on my local network.. but.. I want more of a
server that is gonna cache DNS queries for me.. a couple of months ago it
seemed like roadrunners DNS server was REAL flaky..

Jason

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Robert Haeckl wrote:

> Setting up DNS on a small private network with static IP's would involve
> setting up dns lookup and dns reverse lookup files for your network, and
> adding zone block statements for your network to the named.conf file
> along with a forwarding statement. The forwarding statement directs
> your nameserver to forward everything except lookups for your network to
> your ISP's nameservers. If having some template files to
> cut-and-replace would help, I can send you a copy of old ones of mine.
>
> _simple_ operation is a relative term. Somebody who does this a lot
> (not me) would consider this trivial.
>
> -Robert
>
> > Umm, I don't suppose that setting all this up is anything resembling a
> > _simple_ operation, is it? (Why do I ask these goofy questions?)
> >
> > Paul
>
>



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