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Domain Name Service. Bind a name to IP-addresses.
Domain Name Service. Bind a name to IP-addresses.
=Server side=
Zone transfer between master and slave server is on TCP port 53.


Disable resolving IPv6 addresses by editing /etc/default/bind9 to have <code>OPTIONS="-4 -u bind"</code>
Disable resolving IPv6 addresses by editing /etc/default/bind9 to have <code>OPTIONS="-4 -u bind"</code>


=Client side=
Clients query the nameserver on UDP port 53.
;host <hostname or IPaddress>
:Resolve hostname to IPadddres or IPaddress to hostname
:host <host or IP>  <nameserver>
;Resolve using the specified nameserver
:dig <hostname>  @<nameserver>
;Resolve hostname with extra info from the optinoal <nameserver>


;/etc/resolv.conf
;/etc/resolv.conf

Revision as of 13:36, 8 April 2022

Domain Name Service. Bind a name to IP-addresses.

Server side

Zone transfer between master and slave server is on TCP port 53.

Disable resolving IPv6 addresses by editing /etc/default/bind9 to have OPTIONS="-4 -u bind"

Client side

Clients query the nameserver on UDP port 53.

host <hostname or IPaddress>
Resolve hostname to IPadddres or IPaddress to hostname
host <host or IP> <nameserver>
Resolve using the specified nameserver
dig <hostname> @<nameserver>
Resolve hostname with extra info from the optinoal <nameserver>
/etc/resolv.conf
nameserver <dns-server1 IP>
nameserver <dns-server2 IP>
options <interface>
search <default search domain>