Hello all

[Gregory Hicks]

> From: /dev/rob0 <rob0 at gmx.co.uk>
> To: bind-users at isc.org, Andrew Tarzwell <atarzwell at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Hello all
> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:49:43 -0500
> 
> 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.
[...]
> > 
> > Would you know where I could find something the just dissects
> > everything that needs to be in the db. files?

Perhaps "DNS & Bind Cookbook" by Cricket Liu, available from Amazon.com
and other fine technical book sellers.

> 
> 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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