On 2007-10-20, Kelly Clowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20 Oct 2007 17:20:16 GMT, Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm working through an old-ish book on web programming. It has several >> pages of instructions on installing and running bind8 for use on a >> standalone computer. I just used aptitude to install bind9, and >> without any additional effort I think it's working. ps aux shows the >> named daemon, and I can browse the web no problems. Is that all there >> is to it? My browser seems to be a little snappier, without the usual >> lookup times, but that could be wishful thinking. > > I don't think bind is set up to even do caching out of the box, but I > could be wrong. You can use the command line utility dig to see what > your name server is doing. See dig's manual page for more info. >
I looked at dig and also nslookup. nslookup produces: tyler:bind-> nslookup > www.cbc.ca Server: 127.0.0.1 Address: 127.0.0.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: www.cbc.ca canonical name = www.cbc.ca.edgesuite.net. www.cbc.ca.edgesuite.net canonical name = a1849.gc.akamai.net. Name: a1849.gc.akamai.net Address: 142.176.121.5 Name: a1849.gc.akamai.net Address: 142.176.121.8 Does this mean that I'm using 127.0.0.1 as my name server? That's what I want isn't it? dig produces: tyler:bind-> dig ; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 24999 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: . 508217 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS e.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS a.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS m.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS k.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS b.root-servers.net. . 508217 IN NS j.root-servers.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: a.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 198.41.0.4 b.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 192.228.79.201 c.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 192.33.4.12 d.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 128.8.10.90 e.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 192.203.230.10 f.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 192.5.5.241 g.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 192.112.36.4 h.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 128.63.2.53 i.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 192.36.148.17 j.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 192.58.128.30 k.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 193.0.14.129 l.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 198.32.64.12 m.root-servers.net. 508217 IN A 202.12.27.33 ;; Query time: 6 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Sat Oct 20 16:02:07 2007 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 436 tyler:bind-> Thanks for your help. I know these are very basic questions. Cheers, Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
