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DNS basics - Understand, setup and manage your own domains.
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DNS basics - Understand, setup and manage your own domains.

Learn how DNS works. Use bind and dig to setup and troubleshoot DNS servers and zone information.
4.1 (371 ratings)
Course Ratings are calculated from individual students’ ratings and a variety of other signals, like age of rating and reliability, to ensure that they reflect course quality fairly and accurately.
2,558 students enrolled
Created by Jimmy Larsson
Last updated 1/2020
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DNS basics - Understand, setup and manage your own domains.
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  • 7 articles
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Certificate of Completion
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What you'll learn
  • setup your own DNS servers.
  • understand how the DNS protocol works.
Requirements
  • Basic knowledge of IP and networking in general is good.
Description

Course last updated 2016-03-15, see update log below!

Now more than 1100 enrolled users and average rating of 4.7 (out of 5)!

In this course You will learn anything about DNS - Domain Name System. Topic include:

  • The different components of DNS and how they cooperate.
  • How the domain hierarchy is structured in different levels.
  • What different types of information is stored in DNS.
  • How a DNS query and response works.
  • How the information is stored in zone files.
  • Recursive queries, the role of a local resolver.
  • How to use the tool dig for testing and troubleshooting DNS in various ways..
  • We will start with the basics and build ourself up to advanced sections. Starting with the domain hierarchy, how the protocol works and continue into dig, zone transfers and best practices for DNS setup with bind.


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After finishing this course you will feel confident and have full knowledge of all aspects of DNS! You will feel confident in how to setup, manage and troubleshoot DNS.


Updates:

  • 2016-01-19 Added text lecture about DNSSec and IPv6
  • 2016-01-19 Added a lecture that shows a bind installation in action
  • 2016-01-24 Added lecture about zone delegations in bind
  • 2016-02-01 Added lecture about DNS spoofing
  • 2016-02-03 Added bonus lecture at the end of the course.
  • 2016-03-15 Added text lecture about top level domains.
Who this course is for:
  • IT professionals
Course content
Expand all 21 lectures 01:05:55
+ – Introduction and overview
3 lectures 05:20
Welcome!
Preview 01:28

I will explain the background of the protocol. How it is used and som key characteristics of DNS.

Introduction
Preview 02:20

DNS is divided in three components: The name space, clients and servers. I explain how they relate to each otuer.

DNS components
Preview 01:32
+ – Bits and pieces
8 lectures 21:56

Everything about the domains. From the root zone to TLD:s, second and third level domains and so on.

Domain hierarchy
Preview 04:25
Clarifications on the terms "zone", "domain" and zone file
00:39

DNS consists of many record types. Some more common than others. I explain most of them.

Record types
03:08

To understand how DNS communicates it is good to know the simplicity of the protocol.

Packet format
03:51

What happens when your computer needs to resolve a hostname? In this lecture I walk You thru the process.

The resolution process
Preview 05:27
Internet Top Level Domains
00:41
I explain the difference between authoritative and resolving DNS servers.
DNS server roles
02:39

Extra information and background about the root servers.

Root servers
01:05
+ – About availablie tools
4 lectures 07:14

I describe some of the most common tools availabe when working with DNS.

Tools
01:57

A link to resources online to guide you to install dig on windows.

Install dig on windows
00:12

In this lecture we dig into dig (pun intended!). How to use dig, various options.

dig usage
04:45

A bonus lecture on what you can do with dig.

dig trace fun
00:19
+ – DNS in practice
3 lectures 20:23

We will go through the structure of a live zone file to understund how it is built.

Zone file walkthrough
06:21

In this lecture I will show you a setup of one of my zones in a dual bind-configuration. The lecture includes how bind is configured, how updates are done and commonly mistakes that should be avoided.

Bind walkthrough
11:51

In this lecture I explain (after request from students) how delegations work and how to configure bind to delegate a sub-zone.

bind delegations
02:11
+ – DNS Security
2 lectures 10:32
DNSSec and IPv6 - two topics mentioned just briefly
01:47

We take a look at how DNS spoofing works. What are the challenges for the attacker? How can we make it harder for them? What solutions are there?

DNS Spoofing
08:45
+ – Wrap up
1 lecture 00:29

This bonus lecture contains some information about me, links to my sites as well as discounted coupon links to my other courses.

Bonus lecture: About me and my courses
00:29