bind and named

[sssss]

Has anyone seen any relatively simple / quick instructions for setting up bind for DNS??

I've put a Darwin box online and registered a domain. I'd like to handle the DNS myself as well. any thoughts?

s

[rusty]

This is probably a good starting point:

http://www.qwerta.com/macosx-bind-howto.html

[sssss]

Thanks, Rusty
That link was pretty good. It links to another site for actually configuring named (on linux) that is also okay. The first site actually has nothing to say about configuration. Both are a little more step-by-step oriented than I like. I like to get the Overview and Theory in place before I start seeing conf files.

I downloaded and installed BIND 9.2 on my Darwin box last night and there were a number of discrepencies between the website instructions (written for BIND 8.x) and what actually happened. The Bind docs covered the install fairly well though. They are horrible regarding configuring everything, though, which I hope to tackle soon.

http://www.linux-mag.com/cgi-bin/printer.pl?issue=2000-09&article=dns
seems to have the best instructions (and a good overview) for configuration that I've found, although they're also Linux specific. Just in case anyone else is interested : )

s