DNS (Domain Name System) Server Configuration DNS Concepts: Domain name space structured as a tree.

. Each domain is a node in tree. Every node has resource record (RR) which store facts about domain. Nodes can have any number of children (sub domains). Root is called .. DNS translates between IP numbers & host names. Berkeley Internet Name System (BIND) o o DNS software for LINUX. Packages: bind, bind-utils & redhat-config-bind.

Name Resolution in Practice: 13 root name servers around world a.root servers.net through m.root servers.net. This hand off requests to other name servers. Process continues until an authoritative name server for the domain is reached. One master name server & possibly many slave name servers for each domain. Configuration files: /etc/nsswitch.conf (tells system where to look for host information) /etc/hosts (list of computers on your network) /etc/resolv.conf (IP addresses of known domain name servers) Server End: # more nsswitch.conf # cat /etc/hosts

# cat /etc/resolv.conf # dig # dig domain_site # dig 172.17.0.4.in addr.arpa PTR

Client End: $ cd /etc $ ls d name* $ redhat config bind