Re: [ILUG] DNS question

From: kevin lyda (kevin at domain suberic.net)
Date: Mon 30 Aug 1999 - 11:44:35 IST


root at domain linux.ie spoke thusly:
>DNS question with a twist for you here, I've an intranet at
>home (choosing my words carefully here, as there's no
>connection/gateway to the Net; what can I say - I'm
>paranoid).

and yet he runs mime groking mailers as root. stunning.

>I'd like to set up a nameserver for it (I'll be connecting a
>machine in to it which has no hosts file or equivalent) and
>read over the DNS HowTo yesterday.
>Is there anything in it that doesn't apply to my situation?

if the intranet never connects to the internet the cache file will be
a bit useless. it would be a good chance to experiment with setting
up a root dns server. the dns and bind book covers that to some degree.

kevin



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