Installing and Administering Internet Services

68 Chapter 3
Configuring and Administering the BIND Name Service
Creating and Registering a New Domain
Creating and Registering a New Domain
Follow the steps in this section if you need to set up a new domain. Skip
this section if you are interested only in adding hosts to an existing
domain.
1. Ask the appropriate person or organization for a range of internet
addresses to be assigned to the hosts in your domain.
• If your organization already has a domain on a public network,
ask the person in charge of the domain to set up a subdomain for
you.
• If your organization does not yet have a domain on a public
network, and you want to set one up, ask for a domain registration
form from Government Systems, Inc. at the following address:
Government Systems, Inc.
ATTN: Network Information Center
14200 Park Meadow Drive
Chantilly, VA 22021
email: [e-mail] phone: [phone]
If your organization belongs to several networks, register your
domain with only one of them.
• If your organization is not connected to a network, you may set up
domains without registering them. However, we suggest that you
follow Internet naming conventions in case you later decide to join
a public network.
2. Come up with a name for your domain.
• Use only letters (A-Z), digits (0-9), and hyphens (-). No distinction
is made between uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Avoid labels longer than 12 characters. (A label is a single
component of a fully qualified name, like indigo or com.)
• If a host connects to more than one network, it should have the
same name on each network.