Complete newbie

[DvDmanDT]

But then how did l33t.ca do it then? And also, I do know how to script
things so updating wouldn't be a problem... Also, changing every 6-12th
month is ok... I probably wont be dealing with outside subdomains, maybe for
some friend or something...

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// DvDmanDT
MSN: dvdmandt at hotmail.com
Mail: dvdmandt at telia.com
"Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:bgbub0$s65$1 at sf1.isc.org...
> It's generally not a good idea to host a DNS zone on a dynamic address
(even
> though you may have been lucky so far, don't assume you'll always get the
same
> address from DHCP forever). If the address ever changes, you would need to
not
> only update the records in your own domain, but also in the parent domain.
> Also, any slaves for the zone would need to have their zone-transfer
parameters
> updated to reflect the new address. Basically it's very messy and you'll
be at
> least partially broken until it all gets changed over.
>
> If you can somehow get a static address, e.g. buy that as a value-added
service
> from your ISP, and you want to start hosting your domain, then you'd need
some
> delegation records from the parent domain which should match the NS
records in
> the zone itself. You need *two* nameservers for every zone, for purposes
of
> redundancy, preferably on different networks, but it would probably be OK
if
> you could convince your ISP to be a slave for your zone.
>
> Once you have that zone delegated and set up, you can add anything you
want
> under it. See how to set up master zones in the documentation that comes
with
> BIND 9 and/or the _DNS_and_BIND_ book from O'Reilly. That'll answer your
> questions about rndc-confgen too...
>
>
> - Kevin
>
> DvDmanDT wrote:
>
> > Hmm... Guess noone felt like helping me then... Do you guys think tha
Apache
> > ppl will answer my questions? I really want answers... BIND seems
good...
> >
> > --
> > // DvDmanDT
> > MSN: dvdmandt at hotmail.com
> > Mail: dvdmandt at telia.com
> > "DvDmanDT" <dvdmandt at telia.com> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:bg3p7f$20vi$1 at sf1.isc.org...
> > > Hello everyone... I'm a complete newbie to BIND... I'm familar with
Apache
> > > and PHP, running my little private server.. I use uni.cc as my current
> > > 'domain', I use their NS currently... Say I got example.uni.cc... And
say
> > my
> > > IP is 123.132.231.213... I have an ADSL connetion... I get my IP using
> > > DHCP... Is it even possible to setup my own DNS server then? Assuming
my
> > IP
> > > never changes as it has been the same last 6 months or so...
> > >
> > > If it's possible, how do I setup it all... I installed BIND 9.2.2 into
> > > G:\Windows\system32\dns... What would I type in rndc.conf (and what is
> > rndc?
> > > I'm completely new like I said), what would I type in names.conf
(well,
> > not
> > > sure about the name, but you understand which file I mean), and what
in
> > that
> > > key file that rndc-confgen -a created?
> > >
> > > What I want is the following:
> > > I have mod_l33t installed on Apache (lets me have subdomains like
> > > downloads.example.uni.cc and so on, like vhosts), with some
subdomains...
> > As
> > > I said, I use uni.cc's DNS server ("A" and "MX" (at UNI.CC' DNS))... I
can
> > > change that option to "NS (For external name servers)" as they call
the
> > > options... Then I'm supposed to enter two Nameservers... What should I
> > type
> > > in those? My ip? My Myserver.org (Dynamic DNS sub's) domain? Also,
maybe I
> > > for some reason would like otherserver.example.uni.cc to point to some
> > other
> > > IP... How would I do that? Case you wonder: l33t.ca allowed this
> > somehow...
> > >
> > > Any links / comments / files are greatly appreciated... Thanks in
> > advance...
> > > // DvDmanDT
> > > MSN: dvdmandt at hotmail.com
> > > Mail: dvdmandt at telia.com
> > >
> > >
>
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