On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 Jimmy Jam wrote: > I have a DSL Internet connection via cable modem. How can I run a DNS > server on my Linux machine that will replicate itself from the DNS of my > ISP and be contactable by other DNS servers? In other words, how can I > directly host websites on my machines which will be contactable from > outside? DNS is a fairly big topic. In order to be recognized as nameserver for a domain, your machine would have to be recognized by the DNS hierarchy as being authoritative for that domain. You might also need to set up a secondary domain name server. Your ISP may be willing to provide a secondary/slave name server for your domains. Some DNS resources: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dns4/ Joel