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Summary: DNS and BIND now needs updating
Review: Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu have done yoemen's work producing this guide to DNS and BIND. It is thorough and covers the areas any administrator would normally need to know. The issues of building zone databases are particularly well reviewed. However, with the release of BIND 8 this month (May '97), it will have to be updated. Perforce, it doesn't cover the new technology and configuration of this latest implementation of BIND. Any new edition will have to update information about the new configuration format and, to name a few, the use of dynamic updates, change notification, virtual interfaces and split horizon servers
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Summary: Very comprehensive and informative.
Review: This book allows the beginner to advance in DNS and get a very good starting point to become an expert. I have found not one book that can beet this one.
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Summary: THE Authoritative Bible on DNS/BIN
Review: This book attempts the difficult task of documenting the
DNS and BIND system; the Domain Name Service for the
Internet. Not an easy task, but one it accomplishes well.
The book describes DNS/BIND from the administrator's point
of view, from a protocol-level point of view, and finally
from a programmer's API point of view.
All in all, a thorough and complete documentation of
one of the cornerstone protocols of the Internet.
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Summary: Coolest Guide for DNS Administrators
Review: This Book gives to all DNS Administrators the correct understanding of DNS facilities. I personally recommend this book for all people (Senior or Junior Engineers)that needs to understands the DNS Concepts & funtions.
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Summary: Top Ten book
Review: This book is a must have for all network engineers. It is well written and helps one understand DNS quickly...
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Summary: Excellent Reference for BIND version 4
Review: This Book is a must have for anyone seriously doing DNS work today. The upcoming 3rd edition will cover BIND Version 8, but the substance of DNS and how it works on the Internet is fully and delightfully covered in both previous editions.
The Authors are completely knowledgeable about DNS and share that knowledge in a straighforward comfortable style that makes DNS & BIND a fun read while imparting loads of DNS wisdom.
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Summary: A must have for UNIX Systems Administrators
Review: This book is a must have for anyone who administers DNS servers. I knew nothing about DNS or BIND before I bought this book. This book has made mystery behind DNS very clear. As a person who runs a small ISP, this book has helped me a great deal in setting up and modifying our name servers. I highly recommend this book to anyone, the beginner or the advanced. Even know this book has taught me most of what I need to know, it is an excellent reference to go back on. great book!
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Summary: Best Book for DNS for Unix.....but not Perfect
Review: This book is read religiously by DNS newbies and administrators alike and for good reason; the book is easily the most thorough of its kind (which isn't saying much considering there is only one other book which really covers DNS & BIND from a strictly Unix perspective). However, it could be better. A couple of times, the author waits until very late in the book to explain what particular commands mean when he could have easily explained them early on to avoid confusion. In the very least, the author should cite a particular chapter for further reading on a particular subject more frequently instead of not even mentioning it. Also, the example/case used throughout the entire book is of a mock company which is setting up a *public* DNS (meaning it communicates with the Internet). The author doesn't mention even once what a user might do if he's setting up an internal DNS for *private* use (not on the Internet). The reader is forced to either make assumptions (not a safe thing to do) or seek documentation elsewhere on this topic. Another complaint I have is that the author does not spend enough time to explain how one might go about mapping devices with multiple interfaces (e.g. routers...sorry, three ambiguous sentences is not enough). That having been said, I still must give it four stars considering it provides plenty of examples (even if none of them reflect a private DNS!) and thorough explanation of how DNS and BIND works. Setting up a DNS without this book would be rather difficult. The only other book worth considering is 'The Concise Guide to DNS & BIND'. (...)
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Summary: A Must Have
Review: This is a must have book, it's true, but there are now numerous system administration books that give you a quicker and gentler introduction to DNS and BIND. Caveat: don't be led into a false sense of security with the simple overviews. If you end up having to operate your local DNS, drop the other book and pore over this one. O'Reilly's done it again.
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Summary: Outstanding Book
Review: This is an outstanding book, covers all the basics and is very easy to understand. If you need a book on DNS and BIND this is it.
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