This Open Source Guide is about DNS and (mostly) BIND 9.x on Linux (Fedora Core), BSD's (FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD) and Windows (Windows 7 and 10). It is meant for newbies, Rocket Scientist wannabees and anyone in between.

This Guide was born out of our first attempts a number of years ago at trying to install a much needed DNS service on an early Redhat Linux system. We completed the DNS 'rite of passage' and found it a pretty unedifying and pointless experience.

Health Warning: This is still a work-in-progress. If you find errors don't grumble - tell us. Look at our to do list and if you want to contribute something please do so.

<gratuitous publicity> The newly published book Pro DNS and BIND was largely based on this material but significantly extends it - including DNS security (including DNSSEC.bis), IPv6, DNS APIs and complete reference sections on named.conf and RR types. We are outrageously biased but think it is an essential addition to the DNS admin's library. </gratuitious publicity>