Red Hat® Linux® 7 Unleashed

Chapter 14. Domain Name Service and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

In This Chapter

• A Brief History of the Internet

• A Word About This Chapter's Examples

• Important DNS Facts and Concepts

• DNS Server Configuration Files

• Configuring resolv.conf with linuxconf

• A Trivial Caching DNS

• Configuring DNS Server Master Zones

• Delegating Authority

• Adding a Slave DNS Server

• Troubleshooting DNS

• DNS Resources

• Automatically Configuring Clients with DHCP

Referring to hosts by their IP addresses is convenient for computers, but humans have an easier time working with names. Obviously, we need some sort of translation table to convert IP addresses to hostnames. With millions of machines on the Internet and new ones popping up every day, it would be impossible for everyone ...