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<H2><A NAME="bigger"></A> <A NAME="s11">11. How to become a bigger time DNS admin.</A></H2>
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<P><B>Documentation and tools.</B>
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<P>Real Documentation exists. Online and in print. The reading of
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several of these is required to make the step from small time DNS
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admin to a big time one.
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<P>I have written <EM>The Concise Guide to DNS and BIND</EM> (by Nicolai
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Langfeldt, me), published by Que (ISBN 0-7897-2273-9). The book is
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much like this HOWTO, just more details, and a lot more of everything.
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It has also been translated to Polish and published as <EM>DNS i BIND</EM>
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by Helion (
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<A HREF="http://helion.pl/ksiazki/dnsbin.htm">http://helion.pl/ksiazki/dnsbin.htm</A>, ISBN
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83-7197-446-9). Now in 4th edition is <EM>DNS and BIND</EM> by Cricket
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Liu and P. Albitz from O'Reilly & Associates (ISBN 0-937175-82-X,
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affectionately known as the Cricket book). Another book is <EM>Linux
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DNS Server Administration</EM>, by Craig Hunt, published by Sybex (ISBN
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0782127363), I have not read it yet. Another must for good DNS
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administration (or good anything for that matter) is <EM>Zen and the
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Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</EM> by Robert M. Pirsig.
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<P>Online you will find my book, along with tons of other books,
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available electronically as a subscription service at
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<A HREF="http://safari.informit.com/">http://safari.informit.com/</A>. There is stuff on
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<A HREF="http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/">http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/</A> (DNS Resources Directory),
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<A HREF="http://www.isc.org/bind.html">http://www.isc.org/bind.html</A>; A FAQ, a reference manual (the
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ARM should be enclosed in the BIND distribution as well) as well as
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papers and protocol definitions and DNS hacks (these, and most, if not
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all, of the RFCs mentioned below, are also contained in the BIND
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distribution). I have not read most of these. The newsgroup
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<A HREF="news:comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains">news:comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains</A> is about DNS. In addition
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there are a number of RFCs about DNS, the most important are probably
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the ones listed here. Those that have BCP (Best Current Practice)
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numbers are <EM>highly recommended</EM>.
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<DT><B>RFC 2671</B><DD><P>P. Vixie, <EM>Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)</EM>
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August 1999.
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<DT><B>RFC 2317</B><DD><P>BCP 20, H. Eidnes et. al. <EM>Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA
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delegation</EM>, March 1998. This is about CIDR, or classless subnet
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reverse lookups.
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<DT><B>RFC 2308</B><DD><P>M. Andrews, <EM>Negative Caching of DNS Queries</EM>,
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March 1998. About negative caching and the $TTL zone file
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directive.
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<DT><B>RFC 2219</B><DD><P>BCP 17, M. Hamilton and R. Wright, <EM>Use of DNS
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Aliases for Network Services</EM>, October 1997. About
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CNAME usage.
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<DT><B>RFC 2182</B><DD><P>BCP 16, R. Elz et. al., <EM>Selection and Operation
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of Secondary DNS Servers</EM>, July 1997.
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<DT><B>RFC 2052</B><DD><P>A. Gulbrandsen, P. Vixie, <EM>A DNS RR for specifying
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the location of services (DNS SRV)</EM>, October 1996
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<DT><B>RFC 1918</B><DD><P>Y. Rekhter, R. Moskowitz, D. Karrenberg, G. de Groot,
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E. Lear, <EM>Address Allocation for Private Internets</EM>, 02/29/1996.
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<DT><B>RFC 1912</B><DD><P>D. Barr, <EM>Common DNS Operational and Configuration
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Errors</EM>, 02/28/1996.
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<DT><B>RFC 1912 Errors</B><DD><P>B. Barr <EM>Errors in RFC 1912</EM>. Only
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available at
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<A HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/rfc1912-errors.html">http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/rfc1912-errors.html</A><P>
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<DT><B>RFC 1713</B><DD><P>A. Romao, <EM>Tools for DNS debugging</EM>, 11/03/1994.
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<DT><B>RFC 1712</B><DD><P>C. Farrell, M. Schulze, S. Pleitner, D. Baldoni,
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<EM>DNS Encoding of Geographical Location</EM>, 11/01/1994.
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<DT><B>RFC 1183</B><DD><P>R. Ullmann, P. Mockapetris, L. Mamakos, C. Everhart,
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<EM>New DNS RR Definitions</EM>, 10/08/1990.
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<DT><B>RFC 1035</B><DD><P>P. Mockapetris, <EM>Domain names - implementation and
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specification</EM>, 11/01/1987.
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<DT><B>RFC 1034</B><DD><P>P. Mockapetris, <EM>Domain names - concepts and
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facilities</EM>, 11/01/1987.
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<DT><B>RFC 1033</B><DD><P>M. Lottor, <EM>Domain administrators operations
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guide</EM>, 11/01/1987.
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<DT><B>RFC 1032</B><DD><P>M. Stahl, <EM>Domain administrators guide</EM>,
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11/01/1987.
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<DT><B>RFC 974</B><DD><P>C. Partridge, <EM>Mail routing and the domain system</EM>,
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01/01/1986.
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