Nameservers on colocated Linux servers

Hi all,

I'm looking at setting up two remote servers to do web hosting, and
both I'd like to make nameservers so I can do my own name resolution.
This is one area of Linux I've never messed with before, so can
someone point me in the right direction? I'm assuming this uses
BIND... correct? Also, anyone know of a website or howto that shows
how to do this? I'll probably use either Slackware 9.1 on one and Red
Hat 9.0 on the other.

Thanks, and take care,

Alex.

> I'm looking at setting up two remote servers to do web hosting, and
> both I'd like to make nameservers so I can do my own name resolution.
> This is one area of Linux I've never messed with before, so can
> someone point me in the right direction? I'm assuming this uses
> BIND... correct?

If you're not opposed to Dan Bernstein's software(*), take a look at
DJBDNS.

Installing the package:
http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/install.html

Configuring your caching resolver:
http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/run-cache.html

"Fan-site":
http://djbdns.org/

FAQ:
http://www.fefe.de/djbdns/

(*) Some people are very opposed to Dan Bernstein's software. That's
because he's very arrogant, and his licensing ideas are slightly annoying
to those who have extremely tight ideas about licensing. He does,
however, produce software that lives up to his claims of being secure,
reliable, and efficient.

steve

"Steve Wolfe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<c1j438$1johk9$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > I'm looking at setting up two remote servers to do web hosting, and
> > both I'd like to make nameservers so I can do my own name resolution.
> > This is one area of Linux I've never messed with before, so can
> > someone point me in the right direction? I'm assuming this uses
> > BIND... correct?
>
> If you're not opposed to Dan Bernstein's software(*), take a look at
> DJBDNS.
>
> Installing the package:
> http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/install.html
>
> Configuring your caching resolver:
> http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/run-cache.html
>
> "Fan-site":
> http://djbdns.org/
>
> FAQ:
> http://www.fefe.de/djbdns/
>
> (*) Some people are very opposed to Dan Bernstein's software. That's
> because he's very arrogant, and his licensing ideas are slightly annoying
> to those who have extremely tight ideas about licensing. He does,
> however, produce software that lives up to his claims of being secure,
> reliable, and efficient.
>
> steve

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the suggestion! I was hoping to stay as standard as
possible, but I'll test with both BIND and Dan Bernstein's software.
I've never heard of him, so unless I run into problems during my
testing, I'll definately consider it

Thanks again, and take care,

Alex.