DNS basics - Understand, setup and manage your own domains

Learn how DNS works. Use bind and dig to setup and troubleshoot DNS servers and zone information.





What you'll learn

• setup your own DNS servers.
• understand how the DNS protocol works.

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of IP and networking in general is good.

Description

Course last updated 2016-03-15, see update log below!
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In this course You will learn anything about DNS - Domain Name System. Topic include:
• The different components of DNS and how they cooperate.
• How the domain hierarchy is structured in different levels.
• What different types of information is stored in DNS.
• How a DNS query and response works.
• How the information is stored in zone files.
• Recursive queries, the role of a local resolver.
• How to use the tool dig for testing and troubleshooting DNS in various ways..
• We will start with the basics and build ourself up to advanced sections. Starting with the domain hierarchy, how the protocol works and continue into dig, zone transfers and best practices for DNS setup with bind.

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After finishing this course you will feel confident and have full knowledge of all aspects of DNS! You will feel confident in how to setup, manage and troubleshoot DNS.

Updates:
• 2016-01-19 Added text lecture about DNSSec and IPv6
• 2016-01-19 Added a lecture that shows a bind installation in action
• 2016-01-24 Added lecture about zone delegations in bind
• 2016-02-01 Added lecture about DNS spoofing
• 2016-02-03 Added bonus lecture at the end of the course.
• 2016-03-15 Added text lecture about top level domains.

Who this course is for:

• IT professionals