On Sun June 25 2006 13:46, Karl R. Balsmeier wrote: > 5. Buy a good DNS book, or download one of the FAQ's, join mailing list > for bind or other technology, and use programs like tcpdump and ngrep for > testing. I like ./ngrep '' port 53 or similar because I can see the > server start to contact root servers as it propagates. You can also use named-checkzone and named-checkconf to check your config and zone files for errors. Best advice is learn DNS before you try this on your own. There is a lot involved and it's easy to make a mistake. -- Regards Robert Smile... it increases your face value!