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Replacing ms dns with bind9

Isc Bind 9 for windows


Replacing ms dns with bind9 is an better idea here is why:
1.It's really faster (noticed when i run first query on that machine and had lower latency)
2.Better security (windows2k is not supported with patches in future)
3.You can migrate easily to linux after that ;)

Download from isc.org unzip it and run the installer (bindinstaller.exe) from inside directory

Building A Debian DNS System

Building A Debian DNS System

Version 1.0
Author: Joe Topjian <joe [at] adminspotting [dot] net>
Last edited 11/01/2005

OK, this is the last DNS article... for a while, at least.

This article will show you how to build a complete DNS System with Debian. This includes a Master server, a Slave server, DDNS, and a bunch of DNSSEC. I'll be using BIND 9 for the server.

How To Install Linux Software-Raid on Debian 3.1, 3.1r1a & Ubuntu 5.10

How To Install Linux Software-Raid on Debian 3.1, 3.1r1a & Ubuntu 5.10

Version 0.3
(c) Copyleft Patrick Coeman (patrick_dot_coeman_at_171_dot_net)
Last edited: 21/01/2006

Tested with these distros: Debian 3.1 & 3.1r1a sarge, Ubuntu-server 5.10 "The Breezy Badger Release" all for i386.

POOR MANS RAID & CLONE SCRIPT TUTORIAL

POORMANS RAID & CLONE SCRIPT

1. Get yourself two hardives setup your first drive (HDA) with the your perfek system.
2. Power up your second drive (HDC)
3. Slice HDC up by using cfdisk (command is cfdisk /dev/hdc)

Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management)

Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management)

This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database.

ISP-Server Setup - Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger"

ISP-Server Setup - Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger"

This is a detailed description about the steps to be taken to setup a Ubuntu based server (Ubuntu 5.10 - Breezy Badger) that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS!), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/POP3s/IMAP/IMAPs, Quota, Firewall, etc.).

Basic Iptables - Debian/RedHat

Author: BJ Dierkes
Contact: wdierkes [at] 5dollarwhitebox [dot] org
Updated: December 2nd, 2005

This is a fairly basic intro to the usage of Netfilter Iptables. How-To was written on a Debian Sarge 3.1 box, though commands and syntax should work with any linux distro.

Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota)

Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota)

This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota with this setup.

Automated Backups With rdiff-backup

Automated Backups With rdiff-backup

This tutorial describes how to do automated server backups with the tool rdiff-backup. rdiff-backup lets you make backups over a network using SSH so that the data transfer is encrypted. The use of SSH makes rdiff-backup very secure because noone can read the data that is being transferred. rdiff-backup makes incremental backups, thus saving bandwidth.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (+ SMTP-AUTH, Quota, SpamAssassin, ClamAV)

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (+ SMTP-AUTH, Quota, SpamAssassin, ClamAV)

This document describes how to install a mail server based on Postfix that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses.

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