Basic DNS Cache Server
SwtDivaLove
colonel_angel2004 at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 2 16:18:06 UTC 2006
Gregory Hicks wrote:
> > To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> > From: "SwtDivaLove" <colonel_angel2004 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Basic DNS Cache Server
> > Date: 2 Aug 2006 02:15:40 -0700
> >
> > Yes, I know this is probably a very stupid question, but trust me that
> > when I say this that I've been through every possible documentation
> > possible and it still eludes me as to how to set it up properly so
> that
> > it works.
>
> Why don't you post what you HAVE tried (latest version only please) and
> we can take a look and see what is wrong.
>
> Please don't 'sanitize' (except for passwords). It confuses us and
> makes it much harder to help you.
>
> Regards,
> GRegory Hicks
>
> >
> > I need a step by step walk-through on how to set up at least a DNS
> > Cache Server.
> >
> > Please do no point me to anymore online documents as I've probably
> read
> > them hundreds of times.
> >
> > Yes, I'm asking to be hand-held through the a setup.
> >
> > I'm running Red Hat Fedora Core 5.
> >
> > So, if anyone truly wants to help me set one up, I would be greatly
> > appreciative.
> >
> > SwtDivaLove
> >
> >
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely
> learn a great deal today.
>
> "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for
> lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the
> decision." - Benjamin Franklin
>
> "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they
> be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton
Since my upgrade from Mandrake 9 to RH FC 5, I've not attempted to get
this to work yet.
Here's the conf file... Not sure what else I need to add?
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/
// named.conf for Red Hat caching-nameserver
//
options {
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
/*
* If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
* to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
* directive below. Previous versions of BIND always asked
* questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
* port by default.
*/
// query-source address * port 53;
};
//
// a caching only nameserver config
//
controls {
inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
};
zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "named.ca";
};
zone "localdomain" IN {
type master;
file "localdomain.zone";
allow-update { none; };
};
zone "localhost" IN {
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
allow-update { none; };
};
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "named.local";
allow-update { none; };
};
zone
"0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa"
IN {
type master;
file "named.ip6.local";
allow-update { none; };
};
zone "255.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "named.broadcast";
allow-update { none; };
};
zone "0.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "named.zero";
allow-update { none; };
};
include "/etc/rndc.key";
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