pavement

BIND, installing

From FreeBSDwiki
(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
m
m
Line 3: Line 3:
 
  # make install clean
 
  # make install clean
 
and you're pretty much done.  
 
and you're pretty much done.  
 +
 +
==Wait, I thought you said we were done==
 +
 +
Well, you're done if you want a standard install. If you want a really secure DNS server, you're probably going to want to install BIND in a [[chroot]] [[jail]]. It's a pain, but it means that even if your server gets compromised, the rest of the box isn't at risk.
  
 
[[BIND (configuring)]]
 
[[BIND (configuring)]]

Revision as of 13:12, 28 September 2005

Installing BIND is fairly straightforward; the latest version is 9.3.1 and it's in ports:

# cd /usr/ports/dns/bind9
# make install clean

and you're pretty much done.

Wait, I thought you said we were done

Well, you're done if you want a standard install. If you want a really secure DNS server, you're probably going to want to install BIND in a chroot jail. It's a pain, but it means that even if your server gets compromised, the rest of the box isn't at risk.

BIND (configuring)

BIND (managing)

BIND (securing)

Personal tools