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At my place of employment, we are using Linux as a DNS server. Itperforms exceptionally well. This section will address configuration ofDNS tables for these services using the BIND 8.x package which comes standardwith the Red Hat distribution.

Note: Note: Red Hat versions 5.1 and earlier used the BIND 4.x package,which used a slightly different format for its configuration file. BIND8.x offers more functionality over that offered by BIND 4.x, and as 4.x isno longer being developed, you should probably consider upgrading yourBIND package to the latest version. Simply install the BIND RPM package(see Section 10.1 for details on using the RPM utility),then convert your configuration file to the new format.

Fortunately, converting your existing BIND 4.x configuration file tobe compliant with BIND 8.x is easy! In the documentation directoryprovided as part of BIND (for example,``/usr/doc/bind-8.1.2/' for BINDversion 8.1.2), there exists a file called``named-bootconf.pl', which is anexecutable Perl program. Assuming you have Perl installed on your system,you can use this program to convert your configuration file. To do so,type the following commands (as root):

You should now have an``/etc/named.conf' file whichshould work with BIND 8.x 'out-of-the-box'. Your existingDNS tables will work as-is with the new version of BIND, as the format ofthe tables remains the same.

Configuration of DNS services under Linux involves the followingsteps:

To enable DNS services,the ``/etc/host.conf' fileshould look like this:

The extra spoof detection adds a bit of a performance hit to DNSlookups (although negligible), so if you're not too worried about this youmay wish to disable the 'nospool' and 'alert'entries.

Configure the``/etc/hosts' file as needed. Typically there doesn't need to be much in here, but for improvedperformance you can add any hosts you access often (such as localservers) to avoid performing DNS lookups on them.

The``/etc/named.conf' file should beconfigured to point to your DNS tables according to the example below.

Note: (Note: IP addresses shown are examples only and must be replacedwith your own class addresses!):

Tip: Tip: Make note of the allow-transferoptions above, which restricts DNS zone transfers to a given IP address. In our example, we are allowing the host at 123.12.41.40 (probably a slaveDNS server in our domain) to request zone transfers. If you omit thisoption, anyone on the Internet will be able to request such transfers. As the information provided is often used by spammers and IP spoofers, Istrongly recommend you restrict zone transfers except to your slave DNSserver(s), or use the loopback address, ``127.0.0.1'instead.

Now you can set up your DNS tables in the``var/named/' directory asconfigured in the``/etc/named.conf' file in stepthree. Configuring DNS database files for the first time is a majorundertaking, and is beyond the scope of this document. There are severalguides, online and in printed form that should be referred to. However,several examples are provided below.

Sample entries in the``/var/named/mydomain_name.db'forward lookup file:

Sample entries in the``/var/named/123_12.rev' reverselookup file:

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Any other reverse lookup files needed to map addresses in a differentclass B (such as 126.27.*) can be created, and would look much the sameas the example reverse lookup file above.

Make sure the named daemon is running. This daemon isusually started from the``/etc/rc.d/init.d/named' fileupon system boot. You can also start and stop the daemon manually; type``named start' and ``named stop',respectively.

Whenever changes are made to the DNS tables, the DNSserver should be restarted by typing ``/etc/rc.d/init.d/namedrestart'. You may then wish to test your changes by using atool such as 'nslookup' to query themachine you have added or changed.

More information on configuring DNS services can be found in the``DNS-HOWTO' guide athttp://metalab.unc.edu/Linux/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO-5.html.