Slackware 12.2 - BIND DNS server / forward and reverse zone configuration examples
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Public domain
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### /etc/named.conf

    include "/etc/rndc.key";

    acl mynet { 192.168.1.0/24; 172.16.20.0/24; };

    controls { inet 127.0.0.1 port 953 allow { localhost; none; } keys { rndc-key; }; };

    options {
      directory "/var/named";
      allow-query { localhost; mynet; none; };
      allow-recursion { localhost; mynet; none; };
    };

    zone "." {
      type hint;
      file "caching-example/named.ca";
    };

    zone "localhost" {
      type master;
      file "caching-example/localhost.zone";
      allow-update { none; };
    };

    zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
      type master;
      file "caching-example/named.local";
      allow-update { none; };
    };

    zone "example.net" {
      type master;
      file "example.net/example.net.fwd";
    };

    zone "20.16.172.in-addr.arpa" {
      type master;
      file "example.net/example.net.rev";
    };

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### /var/named/example.net/example.net.fwd

    $TTL 1D
    $ORIGIN example.net.
    @                       SOA     ns1     hostmaster      (
                                                    2008111100    ; sn  = serial
                                                    1H            ; ref = refresh
                                                    10M           ; ret = retry
                                                    1W            ; ex  = expiry
                                                    3H            ; min = minimun
                                                            )
                            NS      ns1
    ns1                     A       172.16.20.100
    www                     A       172.16.20.2
    ftp                     CNAME   www


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### /var/named/example.net/example.net.rev

    $TTL 1D
    $ORIGIN 20.16.172.in-addr.arpa.
    @                       SOA     ns1.example.net.        hostmaster.example.net. (
                                                                    2008111100  ; sn  = serial
                                                                    1H          ; ref = refresh
                                                                    10M         ; ret = retry
                                                                    1W          ; ex  = expiry
                                                                    3H          ; min = minimum
                                                                                    )
                            NS      ns1.example.net.
    100                     PTR     ns1.example.net.
    2                       PTR     www.example.net.

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### /etc/rndc.key

    // Key generator : # dnssec-keygen -a hmac-md5 -b 128 -n HOST rndc-key
    key "rndc-key" {
      algorithm hmac-md5;
      secret "4SpFROCnaqT0eYs9YWmKxA==";
    };

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### Essentials

    ------------------------------------------------------------
    FQDN ( Fully Qualified Domain Name ) : www.example.net.
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Domain example.net :
      ns1.example.net   172.16.20.100
      www.example.net   172.16.20.2
      ftp.example.net   172.16.20.2
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    named.conf :
      1- comment : #    //   /* */
      2- options : directoy "/var/named/"
      3- zone definition : type , file
    zone file :
      1- comment :  ;
      2- directive : $TTL , $ORIGIN
      3- resource records : SOA NS A PTR CNAME
           name ttl class SOA   name-server email-add sn ref ret ex min
           name ttl class NS    name-server
           name ttl class A     ipv4
           name ttl class PTR   name
           name ttl class CNAME canonical-name
      4- root servers :
           ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/named.cache
           ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/named.root


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### Bind Version Check

    dig @4.2.2.1 version.bind  chaos txt

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### Root Servers List

    dig +tcp @a.root-servers.net ns .

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_BY: Pejman Moghadam_  
_TAG: dns, bind_  
_DATE: 2008-11-11 12:50:12_