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DNS in Action
By: Alena Kabelová; Libor Dostálek
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Pub. Date: April 5, 2006
Print ISBN-13: 978-1-904811-78-7
Pages in Print Edition: 196
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Overview
A detailed and practical guide to DNS implementation, configuration, and administration
Technically detailed with practical solutions
Comprehensive guide to configuration and administration of DNS servers
Covers DNS Extensions, delegation, and registration
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The Domain Name System is one of the foundations of the internet. It is the system that allows the translation of human-readable domain names into machines-readable IP addresses and the reverse translation of IP addresses into domain names. This book describes the basic DNS protocol and its extensions; DNS delegation and registration, including for reverse domains; using DNS servers in networks that are not connected to the internet; and using DNS servers on firewall machines. Many detailed examples are used throughout the book to show perform various configuration and administration tasks.
This is a detailed guide to the Domain Name System, its implementation, configuration, and administration. It covers the basics as well as the more advanced features and uses of DNS.
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"It is a DNS Book" - by Anonymous on 29-FEB-2012
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Poorly written, but all the technical content is there. It takes several iterations of reading the same paragraph to understand what the author was trying to convey.
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