DNS and BIND (Photocopy Edition)

Author: Paul Albitz
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: This book discusses one of the fundamental structural modules of the Internet, the distributed host information database, which is responsible for converting names into addresses, routing email to the correct destination, and providing many other services. As the author states in the preface, if you are using the Internet, you have already been using DNS, even if you are not yet familiar with it. The new fourth edition covers both BIND9 and BIND8, as BIND has implemented many important new features. BIND8 is the foundation for many current commercial products. BIND8 and BIND9 have significantly improved the security of DNS. This book discusses one of the fundamental structural modules of the Internet, the distributed host information database, which is responsible for converting names into addresses, routing email to the correct destination, and providing many other services. As the author states in the preface, if you are using the Internet, you have already been using DNS, even if you are not yet familiar with it. The new fourth edition covers both BIND9 and BIND8, as BIND has implemented many important new features. BIND8 is the foundation for many current commercial products. BIND8 and BIND9 have significantly improved the security of DNS. Whether you are a system administrator who uses DNS daily or an ordinary user who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the Internet and how it works, this book is worth reading.