The Concise Guide to DNS and Bind

by Nicolai Langfeldt

Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed Internet directory service. It is used mainly to translate between domain names and IP addresses, and to control Internet email delivery. Most Internet services rely on DNS to work, and if DNS fails, Web sites cannot be located and email delivery stalls. BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Daemon) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. The Concise Guide to DNS and BIND provides readers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789722739
• ISBN13: 9780789722737
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Que
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A good refresher

The boss tossed this one to me as he felt it was good. This is a good book for going over the core concepts of DNS and BIND. This is not a "how to" book so if you are looking for config suggestions, don't bother. If you don't understand DNS or BIND, then this book might be harder for you to follow things as it is geared more on advanced topics. This book was a good refesher as I learned both DNS and BIND from the O'Reily book. This book is geared more for the Unix side. The suggested tools will show that. There is some discussion of Windows but it is mainly about Dynamic DNS. The book is a little dated as BIND 9 was "new" when it was published. It also talked about BIND 4. Again it is not a bad book for a refresher or to get another explanation on how things work.

The Concise Guide to DNS and BIND

I haven't had a chance to read the book yet, but it appears helpful from the parts that I have scanned.

Practical and to the point

I liked this book. It covers interesting and relevant fields (DDNS, security concerns, how to interface with DNS from different languages, ...) in addition to the basics, in enough depth to be really useful. It is practical and down-to-earth, with thorough examples, explaining how things work and why. It definitely helped me grok the ideas and concepts behind DNS.

An advanced book.

I like the book in question. It covers several fields of DNS and BIND administrating not seen in other books. It also cover advanced fields like for example DDNS. It is clear that the writer knows what he is talking about.I feel that the book is not for the first-timer in DNS, although it gives a good overview of those items too. You should know a little, and then this book explains why things are the way they are and how to fix your many errors... For people who have looked at DNS, maybe dabbled a litte, it is a great way to learn it the proper way. Sadly, the Que-layout isn't up to O'Reilly standard, but if you ignore that, it is a really good book.

Concise and clear

I found this book concice and clear, and much easier to understand than the classic "DNS and BIND" from O'Reilley. Specially, I found the fast steps onto a working DNS server clear and right to the point. I also enjoyed get a working secure dynamic DNS setup over a insecure network. Humor between the lines makes the book a good read. I'll have this book in my front bookshelf for a long time. It's great, both as a howto and for reference. Getting the BIND manpage printed on paper is a nice bonus as well. Mr. Langfeldt, you rule!Ingvar