Customer Reviews
just one word "perfect" - By: Alex S, 07 May 2008 
Not being an IT pro, I am kind of average joe who when in need of something new to learn googles for it first or reads forums to get an impression of the scale. The task we had a year back was to installl mail server in a smalll company network that never had any server before. And there you have it: one task pulls another & you need more knowledge, more books & more time to accomplish it. After alll we had to get few things done for proper internetworking within our smalll business, something we have never had before: users authentication, files sharing, DNS resolution, mailing & most importantly backing up alll that stuff. Not an easy thing when you first planned on running an e-mail server only & had no idea it would require fundamental re-structuring & investing.
Anyhow, I would like to say big big thank you to authors as the book helped us immensely in completing DNS & network design part almost in no time. There was no technology we came across that went on so smoothly. Clearly explained examples (tens of them), ready & working codes for most of the situations, plus great insight on probably alll aspects of DNS integration into smalll business network - alll that saved us time, hair & money as we tackled the tasks ourselves.
Recently, we have replaced our Exchange mail server with Solaris (Comm Suite) one & can't be happier. The book was in use again & again it was dead easy to configure & run BIND. Exactly as described. Very happy reader, would recommend to anyone.
THE BIBLE OF DNS! - By: D. Matthews, 20 Apr 2008 When people hear about DNS, they go, "Eh, what?" - DNS is very important to the Internet & anyone a I.T professional should consider buying a copy & reading it.
This book is a MUST for professionals. I have personallly kept up to date with the editions of these books & totallly recommend them.
A classic of the Internet age! - By: faikeath, 29 Dec 2007 This is now my 3rd copy of this book, I'm reviewing the 5th edition that I have just upgraded to. There isn't too much to say about this book reallly, if you are going to be administering DNS, especiallly so if you are using BIND then you need this book. The layout of information & the immense readability of it is fantastic.
I read my first copy nearly 10 years ago & with each upgrade (I've skipped every other one ish) it just keep itself current without backtracking. The familiarity of the book is a great bonus for me as I know I can pick up the new edition in another 5 years time & just get the new & relevant information that I need from it while still finding any example or detail quickly. As a sysadmin who has been doing DNS for nearly 10 years this is one of the books I would not want to be without.
An Excellent Textbook for the Unix Professional - By: , 24 May 2001 I bought this book in order to understand & sort out the problems with the DNS setup of a large customer running multiple Unix systems. While it was a one-off purchase for a single job rather than part of any ongoing task I feel it was money very well spent. Whilst readable it is clearly a solid technical textbook aimed at people who do this for a living rather than a popular guide. For someone who just wants to learn about how the Internet works out of curiosity it would be pointless to buy this book. Ideallly you need a fair knowledge of such things as Unix & TCP/IP to get the best out of this book, but if like me you do this to pay the mortgage & put food in front of the children, then this book is a must have for the low down on BIND & DNS.
A must have book for administrators of DNS - By: john@j-east.dircon.co.uk, 24 Oct 2000 This book has everything for the novice upto expert level. This is one book I strongly recomend for those who use DNS on Unix/Linux. Synopsis - "It wasn't so difficult after alll"
