Either way, make sure you have a system in place that
allows you to organize your data so that it??™s easy to retrieve.
If you choose Log to a System Log, you can now log to the system log, which is stored in
/var/log/messages. Also, make sure you set the log correctly, including its size, which
should be set to about 5??“10MBs, depending on how much information you want to store
based on your logging selections. Zone transfers are the only entries to be logged, and
they are being logged to an independent file named DNS122006, which stands for DNS
log, 12 (month of December), and the year 2006. You can use any example that comes to
mind, or use this one if it works for you and your business or personal needs.
Summary
Remember that DNS is nothing more than a naming system and protocol used not only
by companies worldwide in their internal networks, but also for the publicly accessible
Internet. DNS is used to add a human quality to finding data on the network. To a
machine, searching an IP address like 130.57.5.25 is no big deal. However,
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