Books: A User's Report
February 2001
by Elizabeth Zinkann
This month's reviews range from a Linux and DNS book, to a compact and complete guide to the Internet, a hardware book, and a database manual. Specifically, they include: Linux DNS Server Administration by Craig Hunt, The Craig Hunt Linux Library (Sybex); The Rough Guide to the Internet, Sixth Edition by Angus J. Kennedy (Rough Guides, Ltd., Distributed by the Penguin Group); PC Hardware in a Nutshell by Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson, Foreword by Jerry Pournelle (O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.); and MySQL by Paul DuBois, Foreword by Michael "Monty" Widenius (New Riders).
Linux DNS Server Administration
Craig Hunt
The Craig Hunt Linux Library
Sybex
ISBN 0-7821-2736-3
423 Pages
$39.99
http://www.sybex.com
Everyone uses the Domain Name System; systems and network administrators (hopefully) understand it. In Linux DNS Server Administration, Craig Hunt discusses and details the related concepts and implementation of DNS within the Linux operating system environment. Hunt addresses this topic through four major sections plus the Appendixes. The divisions include: How Things Work, Essential Configuration, Advanced Configurations, and Maintaining a Healthy System. Part 1, How Things Work, explores The DNS Architecture, The DNS Protocols, and The BIND Software. The author surveys the /etc/hosts file, Internet protocols, the format of the DNS message, the named command and how to enable it within both BSD and System V Linux systems, how to compile new BIND releases, and optional ways to install BIND. The Essential Configuration section analyzes Configuring the Resolver, Caching and Slave Server Configuration, and Creating a Master Server. These chapters discuss default configurations, the basic configuration files (resolv.c
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