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Chapter 8. Domain Name Service (DNS)
Domain Name Service (DNS) is an Internet service that maps IP addresses and fully qualified domain names (FQDN) to one another. In this way, DNS alleviates the need to remember IP addresses. Computers that
run DNS are called name servers. Ubuntu ships with BIND (Berkley Internet Naming Daemon), the most common program used for maintaining a name server on Linux.
1. Installation2. Configuration2.1. Overview2.2. Caching Nameserver2.3. Primary Master2.3.1. Forward Zone File2.3.2. Reverse Zone File2.4. Secondary Master3. Troubleshooting3.1. Testing3.1.1. resolv.conf3.1.2. dig3.1.3. ping3.1.4. named-checkzone3.2. Logging4. References4.1. Common Record Types4.2. More Information