====== BIND (is there anyting else?) ======

===== Speedup tips =====

  > I have built a local DNS server bind (Debian Sarge).The DNS should
  > accelerate DNS look ups by LAN clients.
  > But Now, in contrary the local dns is slower than a custom DNS by my
  > webhoster :-(
  
  You should use BIND 9, disable lookups over IPv6 (OPTIONS="-u bind -4"
  in /etc/defaults/bind9), and you need to wait a bit until the local
  cache has been filled.

===== Letting bind/named query a specific DNS server for only one specific domain =====

Add to the file **''/etc/bind/named.conf.local''**:

<code>
zone "mydomain.com" {
	type forward;
	forward only;
	forwarders { 192.168.0.2; 192.168.0.6; };
};
</code>

Of course you need to replace 'mydomain.com' as well as the 2 ip addresses in the 'forwarders'-line.

===== Unsorted =====


host -t txt -c CHAOS version.bind localhost

named - options {version "DNS daemon";};

host -t txt -c CHAOS hostname.bind localhost

gethostbyname()