Chapter 21. Software -Networking

Table of Contents

1. Linux DNS and BIND Server
2. Configure
3. Caching-only name Server
4. Primary master name Server
5. Secondary slave name Server
5.1. /etc/rc.d/init.d/named script
6. Run ISC BIND/DNS in a chroot jail
7. The syslog daemon
8. Clean-up and Test the new chrooted jail
9. DNS Administrative Tools
10. DNS Users Tools
11. Installed files

Once we have installed all the necessary security software in our Linux server, it's time to finetune the network part of our server. DNS is the MOST important network service for IP networks communication, and for this reason, all Linux client machines should be configured to perform caching functions as a minimum.