This will bring you back to the
Linux prompt so that you can work again at the shell prompt. These tools will help you
to verify and test your DNS service, either locally or against a DNS server.
Now that you understand some of the fundamentals of the DNS and have learned how to
configure it on a client and test it, it??™s time to delve into the real power of openSUSE and
turn it into a DNS server.
Configuring Name Servers with BIND
Before we dig (pun intended) deeper into how to configure DNS as a server-based service
on your openSUSE system, a word on the service itself??”BIND.
BIND stands for Berkeley Internet Name Domain (or Daemon). BIND is software developed
by the University of California at Berkeley, as the name implies. BIND is a full
service DNS solution that allows clients to get name resolution information as requested.
Although an entire book can be dedicated to Unix- and Linux-based DNS, for purposes of
this chapter, we will not get too involved with BIND??™s history and current status. In this
section we will cover the basics.
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