Hello all

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On Friday 2005-September-30 00:14, I wrote:
> On Thursday 2005-September-29 23:24, Andrew Tarzwell wrote:
> > Does anyone have any recommendations for online tutorials that
> > would guide a newbie. Even book suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> _DNS_and_BIND_ is generally recommended as the definitive work. Older
> revisions might be found online. I however think you might find the
> BIND 9 ARM useful, except it does little to explain the basics of
> DNS. You probably got that with your copy of BIND: look for
> "Bv9ARM.html".

And you replied offlist to ask:
> I understand, or think that I understand, DNS, I just have yet to
> find a tutorial that explains how to translate what you want DNS
> to do. 
> 
> I've read Bv9ARM.html before but I don't know why but it's not
> clear to me. 
> 
> Would you know where I could find something the just dissects
> everything that needs to be in the db. files?

Since you did manage to read and to comply with my .sig I am replying, 
but since it belongs on list I am replying on list. Perhaps someone 
else will have a better answer, although I am confident that the answer 
will be _DNS_and_BIND_ as I mentioned before.

No, in fact I don't. All the RR types, and, in fact, the zone file 
format itself, are described in the applicable RFC's. They are 
described in the ARM too:
Bv9ARM.ch06.html#types_of_resource_records_and_when_to_use_them

RFC 1034 is mentioned there, so that might also be a good read. Good 
luck.
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