noob question, what can I do with a dns server?

ziggie216 · 11-11-2003, 03:49 AM

I'm trying to make my linuxbox more useful and maybe learn something while doing this stuff.

trickykid · 11-11-2003, 08:00 AM

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Originally posted by ziggie216
I'm trying to make my linuxbox more useful and maybe learn something while doing this stuff.

DNS = Domain Name Server

Its kind of self-explanatory really. Its a machine to address name to IP translation.

When you type in www.google.com there has to be a DNS server out there that says, oh.. google.com is this IP number. Think of it kind of like the mail man, he couldn't just deliver with a street name, he needs the zip code as well.

ziggie216 · 11-11-2003, 11:32 AM

what can an ordinary person do with a dns server?

hw-tph · 11-11-2003, 11:47 AM

Not much, to tell you the truth.

It's usable if you have a web server hosting multiple domains, but I doubt that would be considered an "ordinary person" (as in Joe Average home user).

Håkan

trickykid · 11-11-2003, 12:32 PM

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Originally posted by ziggie216
what can an ordinary person do with a dns server?

Well, what I just explained in my first post. That's about all it does, translates names to IP numbers for domain names..

jbstew32 · 11-11-2003, 01:10 PM

can a normal person run a dns server so they dont have to contact their ISPs everytime, to speed things up?

trickykid · 11-11-2003, 01:41 PM

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Originally posted by jbstew32
can a normal person run a dns server so they dont have to contact their ISPs everytime, to speed things up?

Static IP would solve that problem.

joseph · 11-11-2003, 07:28 PM

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Originally posted by jbstew32
can a normal person run a dns server so they dont have to contact their ISPs everytime, to speed things up?

yes you can