I've just installed Bind9 on a spare machine to do DNS caching for my SOHO LAN. The install and config went o.k. as there is no shortage of reading material - both in print and the web - such that I could figure most of it out.
However, I am seeing something that I don't know what to do with and how to fix (if need be). When I start up /etc/init.d/bind9 start, and then check /var/log/syslog, I see the normal startup messages for bind, but also see the following: named[2387]: IPv6 structures in kernel and user space do not match named[2387]: IPv6 support is disabled named[2387]: no IPv6 interfaces found I have the IPv6 module compiled in my kernel, and I'm using 2.2.20. Are these startup references to IPv6 simply safe to ignore? One more question: I've set this up as a caching server. However, can I add a master zone for the machines in my LAN, even though I don't have a FQDN? I read the following article ... http://portico.org/articles/userdns.php3 which indicates that you can setup your own private DNS zone for your small LAN. This sounds interesting, but I don't want to upset my ISP and don't want to unnecessarily be sending out junk info packets to the Internet. I'm finding that understanding the intracacies of DNS takes a good amount of time and reading ... :) Kevin -- Kevin Coyner mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG key: 1024D/8CE11941 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
