Introduction to DNS & BIND Syllabus

Introduction -- Class Overview
* A brief Internet history
* DNS - Goals and Principles
* Name Servers - General Operation
* Resolver (Client) Configuration
* Overview of BIND - The Application
* Building BIND - Source Code to Binary
* BIND Daemon Configuration
* Utilities - dig, checkconf, checkzone, rndc
* Resource Records and Record Types
* Delegation of Zones
* Debugging Domain Name Service issues

Introduction -- Labs
* Resolver Configuration
* Building BIND
* Configuring BIND
* Creating Zones
* Zone Delegation