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Summary: This is okay... nothing exciting.
Review: I've you've used BIND much at all and are familair with DNS and how it works a little, and have just read the install, readme, etc. files, you probably won't get much out of this book. BIND has a lot of options and there's a lot to discuss, but this book just covered a lot of basics over a lot of pages. It may be a good source for learning, but I wasn't reading it to learn from start.
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Summary: the way to understand DNS
Review: If you are connected to the internet and need to understand, plan, use , bla bla bla bla ...Buy this book right now, it you help you to dive into DNS, the growth of internet and make you more smart about solving problems, attacks and other internet related stuff ... Have fun !
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Summary: DNS and BIND is an excellent technical resource
Review: If you use DNS and need to know how to PROPERLY set it up, this is the book to get!!
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Summary: DNS and BIND, Fourth Edition
Review: If you want to learn DNS then this is a must have book. It is clearly written and informative.
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Summary: O'Reilly Rules
Review: If you've been afraid of diving into the depths of DNS, maybe because your readings through a few RFC documents proved fruitless, then fear no more. In the first few chapter your taught how DNS servers work, sparing no detail. Concepts like negative-caching, recursive resolution, and inverse queries are explained and demonstrated with great examples and graphs. The chapters on configuring and managing BIND almost make things look too simple and easy. This is also a great book to learn how to use tools like 'nslookup' and 'dig'. When it comes to the world of DNS records it's hard to find authoritative answers to questions, besides a few sites like Mr.DNS, the authors of this book recognized that need and sought to help fill the gap of knowledge.
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Summary: How to find your a place in the Internet's namespace
Review: In DNS And BIND, Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu efficiently collaborate to present an invaluable reference on one of the fundamental building blocks of the Internet which is the distributed host information database responsible for translating names into addresses, routing mail to its proper destination, and many other services. The topics covered in a very accessible and highly recommended text include what DNS is and how it works; how to find your a place in the Internet's namespace; setting up name servers; using MX records to route mail; configuring hosts to use DNS name servers; subdividing domains; securing a name server; ne BIND 9 features; DNS Security Extensions and Transaction Signatures; mapping one name to several servers for load sharing; dynamic updates, asynchronous notification of changes to a zone, and incremental zone transfers; troubleshooting; and DNS programming using the resolver library, as well as Per's Net::DNS module. DNS And BIND is an impressive contribution to personal and professional computer reference shelf collections.
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Summary: Simple Insight into DNS and BIND!
Review: It doesn't matter if you're new to Linux/UNIX or if you've been using it for awhile, this book delves into the mysteries behind DNS and BIND and puts the right information in simple, easy to understand format at your fingertips! So easy to follow, I had my basic DNS up and running in a few hours and tweaked to maximum efficiency in a few days! If you're planning on setting up and running a DNS server or if you just need to run it for your internal network this book explains it all! Buy it now... you won't regret it! Kudos to Paul for such a wonderful peice of work!
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Summary: can't do e-biz without it!
Review: It's just what you need to make your e-biz multi-homed site be easy to use and easy to manage (disclaimer personal opinion)
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Summary: A "must have" for system administrators
Review: Learning about DNS is often hard due to the lack of good information that can be found on the subject. "DNS and Bind" answered all of my questions and more. Any administrator knows that looking after DNS servers can sometimes be a nightmare, but with this book at your side you will be able to diagnose problems quickly and feel comfortable doing so
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Summary: O'Reilly misses one.
Review: O'Reilly misses the mark with DNS and BIND. I have several shelf full of O'Reilly books and I think this one is far over complecated. The first example has about 12 machines that need to be configured, what about showing how to set up a caching name server? I have many books from O'Reilly that I have thought were a lot better.
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