Cyber Operations: Building, Defending, and Attacking Modern Computer Networks

CHAPTER 4

DNS and BIND

Introduction

Real networks are more than a collection of workstations identified by their IP address. On the Internet, systems refer to each other through their names, and the Domain Name System (DNS) provides a method to translate from names to addresses and back again. The DNS protocols form the core protocol for the Internet, and an understanding of cyber operations requires an understanding of DNS.

One of the most common DNS servers is BIND, primarily version 9. This chapter provides a brief introduction to BIND 9. BIND can be installed on both Linux and Windows systems, and both are covered. The reader will set up a ...