[TriLUG] forward zones

[Chris Bullock]

If you want simplicity and quickness, edit your hosts file.  If you have 
three machines should only take you <2 minutes to do all 3 machines, 
unless you are just tring to get DNS experience.
my $.02


Ken Mink wrote:

>You might want to consider tinydns (http://tinydns.org) instead of bind.
>The configuration is much simpler and it is also known for it's
>security. I use it at home and really like it. You only add one line for
>a host and tell it whether to provide a PTR and an A record or just one
>of them. On the downside, it uses some very non-standard file locations.
>
>Ken
>
>On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 15:40, Scott Lundgren wrote:
>  
>
>>I added a third box to my home network and decided to setup a name server
>>for them all. Can someone explain to me if the following is a difference in
>>how I was expecting a config tool to work or a gap in my understanding of
>>DNS
>>
>>Using RH9, redhat-config-bind I first created a reverse zone
>>"1.168.192.in-addr.arpa"
>>Then I added records for:
>>	192.168.1.1		athos
>>	192.168.1.2		porthos
>>	192.168.1.3		dartagnan
>>
>>- SL
>>    
>>