building DNS server

slack66 · 04-27-2007, 10:52 PM

hi!
my boss want me do build an internal or intranet in our office like mail server web server without
external connection thru the internet(inter-office use only). my question is it possible to build a DNS server without internet conection and it is possible to build a DNS server without registering to the interic ex. "mydomain.com" can my user find my domainname if they email other department like accounting@mydomain.com? bottom line... can DNS server work interoffice only?

billymayday · 04-27-2007, 11:15 PM

Sure you can. Bind will do that for you, although Ithink there may be some lighter servers available as well. Bind is standard though.

Have a look at http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/

and read up on authoritative servers

slack66 · 04-28-2007, 12:28 AM

ok thank billy :-)
i will start building on Monday My first DNS server and my Intranet hope all things works right :-)
i know i can do it right beside allmost of my problem regarding linux was solve in this forum... Great Help guys!!!

jschiwal · 04-28-2007, 12:54 AM

You might also look at "djbdns" as well.

You may find a howto at www.tldp.org. Also, the O'Reilly book "Linux Cookbook" by Carla Schroder, which has a chapter on DNS which covers configuring both bind and djbdns.
ISBN: 0-596-00640-3