Forgive my rookie-ness, but can someone please explain to me how I would go about setting-up & running my own nameserver. I would greatly appreciate the enlightenment.

Thnx,

- D :confused:

....or point me towards an online resource where I can learn more.

Thnx,

- D

It's pretty straight forward... if you're using Linux, check out linuxdoc.org, you'll most likely want to use BIND as the dns software...

If all else fails, google.com is your friend.

Thank you. Let me see if I follow correctly:

So, I'm running a Linux box and I check out linuxdoc.org. Then I follow the steps 1, 2, 3 and with a little elbow grease and a pinch of magic I establish a nameserver. At this point I then need to register my namedserver with a Registrar? A Registrar being Verisign or some company like that?

Yep

Originally posted by dTuesday
Thank you. Let me see if I follow correctly:

So, I'm running a Linux box and I check out linuxdoc.org. Then I follow the steps 1, 2, 3 and with a little elbow grease and a pinch of magic I establish a nameserver. At this point I then need to register my namedserver with a Registrar? A Registrar being Verisign or some company like that?

All you really have to do is install BIND, edit some configuration files... add the dns zones for the domains.

In the basic operation of dns, it's damned simple... however, it can become more complex when you're serving thousands of connections per second, which I doubt you'll be doing anywhere in the near future ;)

Curiously, is this for a business or personal use?

Hobby mostly. I tend to be a very curious individual and enjoy widening my horizons especially when it comes to tech-knowledgey. I've got a little digital art, a little programming, now I need a little sys admin to round things out a bit.:)