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Index: C

C programming, for resolvers: 15.2. C Programming with the Resolver Library Routines

C-style and C++-style comments: 4.3. Setting Up a BIND Configuration File

cache directive: 11.3.4.4. The db.root file

E.2.4. cache

cache file: 4.2.10. The Root Hints Data

cached data, TTL for: 2.7.1. Time to Live

caching: 2.7. Caching

cleaning interval for: 10.12.3.1. Cleaning interval

configuring TTL limits and: 10.12.4. TTLs

corrupted, troubleshooting: 14.7.7. Can't Get Rid of Old Data

forwarders and: 10.5. Forwarding

missing cache data: 14.3.7. Missing Root Hints Data

negative: 13.4. The Resolver Search Algorithm and Negative Caching (BIND 8)

14.5.7. Other Name Servers Don't Cache Your Negative Answers

caching-only name servers: 8.2.2. Caching-Only Servers

benefits of: 8.2.2. Caching-Only Servers
registering name servers and: 8.3. Registering Name Servers

Campbell, Nigel: 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

cannot set resource limits message: 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

canonical domain name: 1.3. The Domain Name System in a Nutshell

mail exchangers and: 5.3. The MX Algorithm

canonical name records (see CNAME records)

canonicalization: 4.2.6. Address and Alias Records

filter for: 6.3.3. Updating .rhosts, hosts.equiv, etc.
sendmail program and: 6.3.2. Electronic Mail

capacity planning: 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

carriage return, treatment of: 10.13. Compatibility

case sensitivity: A.1.1. Character Case

zone data files and: 4.2.1. The Zone Data Files

categories: 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

7.5.3. Category Details
default: 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

chain of trust: 11.4.5. The Chain of Trust

channels: 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

7.5.2. Channel Details
configuring: 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

Chaosnet class: 2.1.3. Resource Records

character strings, resource record data and: A.3.1. Data Format

check-names directive: E.2.14. check-names (4.9.4+)

check_soa program

example in C: 15.2.8. A Sample Program: check_soa
example in Perl: 15.3.6. A Perl Version of check_soa

child processes: 7.1.3. Using Signals

children (see parenting subdomains)

choosing

domain names: 3.2. Choosing a Domain Name
registrars: 3.2.3.3. Choosing a registrar
subdomains: 3.2.2. Where in the World Do I Fit?
third-level domains: 3.2.3. Back in the U.S.A.
top-level domains: 3.2.2. Where in the World Do I Fit?

chroot command: 11.2.4. Running BIND with Least Privilege

CIDR (classless inter-domain routing): 3.2.4. Checking That Your Network Is Registered

cities, domains named after: 3.2.3. Back in the U.S.A.

class A and B networks, subnetting: 9.5.2.1. Class A and B networks

class C networks, subnetting: 9.5.2.2. Class C networks

CLASS fields (zone data files): A.1.5. Classes

class w: 5.3. The MX Algorithm

classes: 2.1.3. Resource Records

A.1.5. Classes
class option (nslookup): 12.3. Option Settings
no root name servers for class message: 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

classless interdomain routing (CIDR): 3.2.4. Checking That Your Network Is Registered

cleaning interval: 10.12.3.1. Cleaning interval

clients (see resolvers)

closest known name servers: 2.6.2. Recursion

cname category: 7.5.3.1. BIND 8 categories

CNAME message: 7.6.1. Common Syslog Messages

CNAME records: 4.2.6. Address and Alias Records

6.3.2. Electronic Mail

16.1. Using CNAME Records

A.1.2. Types

chaining: 16.1.2. CNAMEs Pointing to CNAMEs

deleting: 9.7.1. Removing Parent Aliases

Looked for PTR, Found CNAME message and: 14.5.4. Resolver Reports "Looked for PTR, Found CNAME"

multiple: 16.1.4. Multiple CNAME Records

round robin load distribution and: 10.7.1. Multiple CNAMEs

order of in zone data files: 4.2.1. The Zone Data Files

query statistics for: 7.6.2.1. BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics

transitioning to subdomains and: 9.7. Managing the Transition to Subdomains

using: 16.1. Using CNAME Records

A records instead of: 4.2.6. Address and Alias Records

com domain: 2.2.1. Top-Level Domains

command-line debugging: 13.2.1. Debugging Command-Line Option

command-line options used with h2n utility: 7.2.5. Generating Zone Data Files from the Host Table

commands, understood by rndc (list): 7.1.2. rndc and controls (BIND 9)

commands understood by ndc (list): 7.1.1. ndc and controls (BIND 8)

comments

in BIND configuration file: 4.3. Setting Up a BIND Configuration File
C-style and C++ style: 4.3. Setting Up a BIND Configuration File
in resolv.conf file: 6.1.7. Comments
in zone data files: 4.2.2. Comments

Compaq (see Tru64 Unix)

compatibility, between resolvers and name servers: 10.13. Compatibility

compiling BIND: C. Compiling and Installing BIND on Linux

compressing domain names: 15.2.3. Domain Name Compression

conditions for checking sources of host information, specifying: 6.4.2. Sun's Solaris 2.x

config category: 7.5.3.1. BIND 8 categories

configuration syntax in different versions of BIND: 3.1. Getting BIND

4.3. Setting Up a BIND Configuration File

configuring

channels: 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

dialup connections: 16.4. Dialup Connections

hosts: 6. Configuring Hosts

consequences of: 6.3. Minimizing Pain and Suffering
vendor-specific resolver configurations: 6.4. Vendor -Specific Options

incremental zone transfers, for BIND 9: 10.4.4. BIND 9 IXFR Configuration

IPv6 transport: 10.15.2. Configuring the IPv6 Transport

resolvers: 6.1. The Resolver

sample configurations for: 6.2. Sample Resolver Configurations

9.4.2. Creating and Delegating a Subdomain

TSIG: 11.1.3. Configuring TSIG

TTL limits: 10.12.4. TTLs

connectivity: 5.2. What's a Mail Exchanger, Again?

14.3.3. Slave Name Server Can't Load Zone Data

choosing hosts and: 8.1.1. Where Do I Put My Name Servers?

dialup connections: 16.4. Dialup Connections

loss of: 14.3.8. Loss of Network Connectivity

14.3.8. Loss of Network Connectivity

outages and: 8.6.2. Longer Outages (Days)

parenting and: 9. Parenting

contrib/named-bootconf: 4.3. Setting Up a BIND Configuration File

control channels, using instead of signals: 7.1. Controlling the Name Server

control messages

changing debugging level with: 13.2.2. Changing the Debugging Level with Control Messages
configuring name servers to listen for: 7.1.1. ndc and controls (BIND 8)

control session, command for ending: 7.1.1. ndc and controls (BIND 8)

control statement: 7.3. Organizing Your Files

controls statements

ndc and: 7.1.1. ndc and controls (BIND 8)
rndc and: 7.1.2. rndc and controls (BIND 9)

core size limit, changing: 10.12.2.3. Changing the core size limit

counter, designing for incrementing serial numbers: 7.2.2. SOA Serial Numbers

counties, domains named after: 3.2.3. Back in the U.S.A.

countries, domains named after: 2.2.1. Top-Level Domains

3.2.2. Where in the World Do I Fit?

counts, table of: 7.6.2.1. BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics

CPU utilization: 8.1.2. Capacity Planning

creating

subdomains: 9.4. How to Become a Parent: Creating Subdomains
views: 10.6. Views

credibility measures: 14.2.3. How to Read a Database Dump

critical severity: 7.5. Logging in BIND 8 and 9

cryptographic checksums (see one-way hash functions)

cryptography, public key (see public key cryptography)

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