Thanks. I'll look into both suggestions. On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 21:51, David Phillips wrote: > Kurt writes: > > I'm assuming I need to set up my own DNS. Just not sure how. I've > > read so many docs, but I think I'm more confused than when I started. > > You gave conflicting information. I'm assuming that you want to host both > the DNS and HTTP service for your own domain name on your own server. > > First need to delegate the domain name to your server. You must do this > through your domain name registrar. They should have an easy web based > interface for you to use. Create two name servers for it, such as > a.ns.example.com and b.ns.example.com. Set the IP addresses for those as > the IP addresses of your server. If you only have one IP address, you only > need to create one name server. > > Next, you need an authoritative DNS server for your machine. You mentioned > you installed BIND. I strongly recommend you uninstall that immediately. > BIND is buggy, bloated, difficult to administer and has been historically > insecure. There are better alternatives. > > tinydns is a good choice for many users. It is small, fast, secure and easy > to use. This page explains how to set it up: > > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/run-server.html > > Another good choice is MyDNS. MyDNS serves data directly from a MySQL or > PostgrSQL database. It is easy to setup and comes with a complete web > interface: > > http://mydns.bboy.net/ > > You might also consider paying someone else to host DNS for you. For > example, directNIC.com offers DNS for only $5 per year. > > -- > David Phillips <david at acz.org> > http://david.acz.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list