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7. A real domain exampleWhere we list some real zone files
Users have suggested that I include a real example of a working domain as well as the tutorial example.
I use this example with permission from David Bullock of LAND-5. These files were current 24th of September 1996, and were then edited to fit BIND 8 restrictions and use extensions by me. So, what you see here differs a bit from what you find if you query LAND-5's name servers now.
7.1 /etc/named.conf (or /var/named/named.conf)Here we find master zone sections for the two reverse zones needed: the
127.0.0 net, as well as LAND-5's
// Boot file for LAND-5 name server
options {
directory "/var/named";
};
zone "." {
type hint;
file "root.hints";
};
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "zone/127.0.0";
};
zone "land-5.com" {
type master;
file "zone/land-5.com";
};
zone "177.6.206.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "zone/206.6.177";
};
If you put this in your named.conf file to play with PLEASE put
``
7.2 /var/named/root.hintsKeep in mind that this file is dynamic, and the one listed here is old. You're better off using one produced now, with dig, as explained earlier.
; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; ., type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: . 6D IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 6D IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.112.36.4 J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 198.41.0.10 K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 193.0.14.129 L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 198.32.64.12 M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 202.12.27.33 A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 198.41.0.4 H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 128.63.2.53 B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 128.9.0.107 C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.33.4.12 D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 128.8.10.90 E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.203.230.10 I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.36.148.17 F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.5.5.241 ;; Total query time: 215 msec ;; FROM: roke.uio.no to SERVER: A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 198.41.0.4 ;; WHEN: Sun Feb 15 01:22:51 1998 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 17 rcvd: 436
7.3 /var/named/zone/127.0.0Just the basics, the obligatory SOA record, and a record that maps 127.0.0.1
to
@ IN SOA land-5.com. root.land-5.com. (
199609203 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
7200 ; Retry
604800 ; Expire
86400) ; Minimum TTL
NS land-5.com.
1 PTR localhost.
If you look at a random BIND installation you will probably find that the
7.4 /var/named/zone/land-5.comHere we see the mandatory SOA record, the needed NS records. We can see that
he has a secondary name server at
As you see from the SOA record, the zone file originates at
@ IN SOA land-5.com. root.land-5.com. (
199609206 ; serial, todays date + todays serial #
8H ; refresh, seconds
2H ; retry, seconds
4W ; expire, seconds
1D ) ; minimum, seconds
NS land-5.com.
NS ns2.psi.net.
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Exchanger
TXT "LAND-5 Corporation"
localhost A 127.0.0.1
router A 206.6.177.1
land-5.com. A 206.6.177.2
ns A 206.6.177.3
www A 207.159.141.192
ftp CNAME land-5.com.
mail CNAME land-5.com.
news CNAME land-5.com.
funn A 206.6.177.2
;
; Workstations
;
ws-177200 A 206.6.177.200
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
ws-177201 A 206.6.177.201
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
ws-177202 A 206.6.177.202
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
ws-177203 A 206.6.177.203
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
ws-177204 A 206.6.177.204
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
ws-177205 A 206.6.177.205
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
; {Many repetitive definitions deleted - SNIP}
ws-177250 A 206.6.177.250
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
ws-177251 A 206.6.177.251
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
ws-177252 A 206.6.177.252
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
ws-177253 A 206.6.177.253
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
ws-177254 A 206.6.177.254
MX 10 land-5.com. ; Primary Mail Host
If you examine land-5s nameserver you will find that the host names are of
the form
Another thing to note is that the workstations don't have individual names, but rather a prefix followed by the two last parts of the IP numbers. Using such a convention can simplify maintenance significantly, but can be a bit impersonal, and, in fact, be a source of irritation among your customers.
We also see that
7.5 /var/named/zone/206.6.177I'll comment on this file below
@ IN SOA land-5.com. root.land-5.com. (
199609206 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
7200 ; Retry
604800 ; Expire
86400) ; Minimum TTL
NS land-5.com.
NS ns2.psi.net.
;
; Servers
;
1 PTR router.land-5.com.
2 PTR land-5.com.
2 PTR funn.land-5.com.
;
; Workstations
;
200 PTR ws-177200.land-5.com.
201 PTR ws-177201.land-5.com.
202 PTR ws-177202.land-5.com.
203 PTR ws-177203.land-5.com.
204 PTR ws-177204.land-5.com.
205 PTR ws-177205.land-5.com.
; {Many repetitive definitions deleted - SNIP}
250 PTR ws-177250.land-5.com.
251 PTR ws-177251.land-5.com.
252 PTR ws-177252.land-5.com.
253 PTR ws-177253.land-5.com.
254 PTR ws-177254.land-5.com.
The reverse zone is the bit of the setup that seems to cause the most grief.
It is used to find the host name if you have the IP number of a machine.
Example: you are an IRC server and accept connections from IRC clients. However
you are a Norwegian IRC server and so you only want to accept connections from
clients in Norway and other Scandinavian countries. When you get a connection
from a client the C library is able to tell you the IP number of the connecting
machine because the IP number of the client is contained in all the packets that
are passed over the network. Now you can call a function called gethostbyaddr
that looks up the name of a host given the IP number. Gethostbyaddr will ask a
DNS server, which will then traverse the DNS looking for the machine. Supposing
the client connection is from ws-177200.land-5.com. The IP number the C library
provides to the IRC server is 206.6.177.200. To find out the name of that
machine we need to find
Getting back to the IRC server example. The IRC server only accepts
connections from the Scandinavian countries, i.e.,
Some people will tell you that reverse lookup mappings are only important for servers, or not important at all. Not so: Many ftp, news, IRC and even some http (WWW) servers will not accept connections from machines of which they are not able to find the name. So reverse mappings for machines are in fact mandatory.
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