DNS and BIND tells you everything you need to work with one of the Internet's fundamental building blocks: the distributed host information database that's responsible for translating names into addresses, routing mail to its proper destination, and even listing phone numbers with the new ENUM standard. DNS和BIND的可以告诉您所有您需要与一个互联网的基本积木：分布式主机信息的数据库，负责翻译的名字到地址，路由邮件给其适当的目的地，甚至列出的电话号码与新的枚举标准。 This book brings you up-to-date with the latest changes in this crucial service.这本书给您带来最新的最新的变化，这一重要的服务。

The fifth edition covers BIND 9.3.2, the most recent release of the BIND 9 series, as well as BIND 8.4.7.第五版涵盖的BIND 9.3.2 ，最近释放的BIND 9系列，以及的BIND 8.4.7 。 BIND 9.3.2 contains further improvements in security and IPv6 support, and important new features such as internationalized domain names, ENUM (electronic numbering), and SPF (the Sender Policy Framework).的BIND 9.3.2包含进一步改善安全和IPv6支持，和重要的新功能，如国际化域名，枚举（电子编码） ，和SPF （亦即Sender Policy Framework ） 。

Whether you're an administrator involved with DNS on a daily basis or a user who wants to be more informed about the Internet and how it works, you'll find that this book is essential reading.无论您是系统管理员参与的DNS每天或用户谁希望更多地了解互联网和如何运作，你会发现，这本书是必不可少的阅读。

• What DNS does, how it works, and when you need to use it的DNS没有什么，如何运作，当你需要使用它
• How to find your own place in the Internet's namespace如何找到自己在互联网的名字空间
• Setting up name servers设置名称服务器
• Using MX records to route mail使用MX记录来路由邮件
• Configuring hosts to use DNS name servers配置主机使用DNS名称服务器
• Subdividing domains (parenting)细分领域（养育）
• Securing your name server: restricting who can query your server, preventing unauthorized zone transfers, avoiding bogus servers, etc.保护您的名称服务器：限制谁可以查询您的服务器，防止未经授权区转移，避免假服务器等
• The DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and Transaction Signatures (TSIG)在DNS安全扩展（ DNSSEC ）和交易签名（ TSIG ）
• Mapping one name to several servers for load sharing映射一个名字的几个服务器的负载共享
• Dynamic updates, asynchronous notification of change to a zone, and incremental zone transfers动态更新，异步通知改为区，增量区域转移
• Troubleshooting: using nslookup and dig, reading debugging output, common problems故障排除：使用nslookup和挖掘，阅读调试输出，共同面临的问题
• DNS programming using the resolver library and Perl's Net::DNS module编程使用的DNS解析器库和Perl的Net ： ：的DNS模块