TOPIC 9

Date: 4/2/2009
Doman Name Server (DNS)
Linux for Engineering and IT applications


DNS configuration options

  • Master DNS (Maintains its own Zone files)

  • Slave DNS (Copies Zone files from the master)

  • Caching DNS (Doesn't have Zone files; caches lookups)

    Unix DNS software

  • BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) v4.x, v8.x, v9.x

  • djbdns (D.J. Bernstein's DNS )

  • pdnsd (Proxy DNS daemon)

  • dnscache (Proxy DNS server)


  • Take me to the Course Website