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5.3.1 BIND Conﬁguration Logging Statement ....................... 5–7

5.3.1.1 Channel Phrase ....................................... 5–8

5.3.1.2 Category Phrase....................................... 5–9

5.3.2 BIND Conﬁguration Options Statement ....................... 5–10

5.3.2.1 Path Names . . ........................................ 5–11

5.3.2.2 Boolean Options ....................................... 5–12

5.3.2.3 Forwarding . . ........................................ 5–13

5.3.2.4 Name Checking ....................................... 5–14

5.3.2.5 Access Control ........................................ 5–15

5.3.2.6 Interfaces ............................................ 5–15

5.3.2.7 Query Address ........................................ 5–16

5.3.2.8 Zone Transfers ........................................ 5–16

5.3.2.9 Periodic Task Intervals . ................................ 5–17

5.3.2.10 Topology ............................................. 5–17

5.3.3 BIND Conﬁguration Server Statement . ....................... 5–18

5.3.3.1 Limiting the Number of Transfers . . ....................... 5–18

5.3.3.2 Efﬁcient Zone Transfers . ................................ 5–18

5.3.4 BIND Conﬁguration Zone Statement . . . ....................... 5–19

5.3.5 Address Match Lists and ACLs .............................. 5–19

5.3.6 Dynamic Updates . ........................................ 5–20

5.3.6.1 Preserving the Zone File ................................ 5–21

5.3.6.2 Manually Creating Updates .............................. 5–21

5.3.7 Conﬁguring Cluster Failover and Redundancy................... 5–23

5.3.7.1 Changing the BIND Database ............................ 5–24

5.4 Populating the BIND Server Databases ........................... 5–25

5.4.1 Using Existing Databases . . ................................ 5–25

5.4.2 Manually Editing Zone Files ................................ 5–26

5.4.3 Saving Backup Copies of Zone Data ........................... 5–27

5.4.4 Sample Database Files..................................... 5–27

5.4.4.1 Local Loopback: Forward and Reverse Translation Files . ....... 5–27

5.4.4.2 Hint File ............................................ 5–28

5.4.4.3 Forward Translation File ................................ 5–29

5.4.4.4 Reverse Translation File ................................ 5–30

5.5 Examining Name Server Statistics .............................. 5–30

5.6 Conﬁguring BIND with SET CONFIGURATION Commands . . . ....... 5–31

5.6.1 Setting Up a Master Name Server ............................ 5–32

5.6.2 Setting Up a Secondary (Slave) Name Server ................... 5–32

5.6.3 Setting Up a Cache-Only Server ............................. 5–32

5.6.4 Setting Up a Forwarder Name Server . . ....................... 5–32

5.7 Conﬁguring the BIND Resolver . ................................ 5–33

5.7.1 Changing the Default Conﬁguration . . . ....................... 5–34

5.7.2 Examples ............................................... 5–34

5.7.3 Resolver Default Search Behavior ............................ 5–34

5.7.4 Resolver Search Behavior in Earlier Releases ................... 5–35

5.7.5 Setting the Resolver’s Domain Search List ..................... 5–35

5.8 Using NSLOOKUP to Query a Name Server ....................... 5–37

5.8.1 Invoking NSLOOKUP ..................................... 5–37

5.8.2 Obtaining Help . . ........................................ 5–38

5.8.3 NSLOOKUP Commands . . . ................................ 5–38

5.8.4 Default Option Values ..................................... 5–39