DNS

Links

• The O'Reilly Bind Book
• DNS Howto
• DNS Check
• http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/
• Dig HOWTO
• DNS tips&tricks
• DNS entropy
• Configuring reverse dns
• DNS subdomains

DNS chcecks

• Domain Check
• mtoolbox dns check

Documentation

Glue records

• Glue Records and Dedicated DNS

Software

BIND

• Bind homepage

Maradns

A nice caching DNS.

• http://www.maradns.org/

FAQ

Get hints file

dig @m.root-servers.net. ns .

Find server handling reverse

dig -x 10.11.12.13

Wildcard record

;seems unwise to use CNAMES for this
@ IN A 10.0.0.1
* IN A 10.0.0.1

 

DNS amplification test

dig +short +tries=1 +time=2 test.openresolver.com TXT @$ip

Terms

SOA

Start Of Authority
      

• Understanding SOA records