newbie

[Jeff Lasman]

On Thursday 15 January 2004 11:25 am, you wrote:
> On Thursday 15 January 2004 04:48 am, Abula wrote:
> > I'm studying "DNS and BIND" but I haven't a pubblic IP.
>
> Tough read even for those of us with great english skills.  Good
> luck, and be sure to ask if you have questions <smile>.
>
> > I would test what I'm studying, so I would use the computers of my
> > LAN. CAn I do it?
>
> Yes!
>
> > If I set a primary domain as localhost, can I set subdomains,
> > second level domain, as pc1,localhost?
>
> I believe you can, though you should use a "." rather than a ",".
>
> However there's no real reason to; you can create your own domain, or
> subdomains of your own domain if you have one.  For convenience use a
> domain that doesn't already exist.
>
> > And a computer can be the nameserver?
>
> Any system can be a nameserver.  While there are versions of bind for
> windows, if you're following the book and asking questions here you'd
> probably be better off with linux or unix.
>
> > Can I test mailserver also?
>
> Yes.
>
> Jeff

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