configure centos 5 as public dns server

[yahooram]

hello everybody,

i have a requirment for giving my ip address a domain name.

can i esteblish a server as dns provider so than i can give a domain name for my own ip address.

i want to give it public not in local network.



please help

[Irithori]

If you want a public reachable domain, you need to register it.
That is mandatory.


Regarding DNServer:
Most providers will give you the possibilty to use theirs.

You may choose to maintain your own, but be aware that most TLDs require at least two DNServer for a succesful registration.
This is for availabilty reasons.
If your DNS is down, all other services for your domain are not reachable.

[yahooram]

thanks Irithori

i know that i have to register a domain name .and i have registered one from no-ip.com.
but i want to esteblish my own public dns server.

by it i am not going to give a domain name to any other's ip adress.

i want to give more then one domain name to my ip which is publicaly accessable.
and by the help of virtual hosting i want to run a web server for hosting website.

i am not going to esteblish a server but i want to learn how it works practilly.

[Lazydog]

A great book to learn the ins and outs of BIND is DNS and BIND from O'reilly