DNS & BIND Leap Ahead

Deep dive into DNS & BIND. Participants are required to complete the Jump Start course as a prerequisite. 

Topics Covered:

• New terminology used in DNS & BIND
• Building the authoritative DNS server
• A quick look at DNSSEC
• DNSSEC signing and validation
• Minimal ANY
• Empty zones
• Building a DNSSEC validating DNS Resolver
• EDNS
• 'Dig'ing deeper
• DNS resolver best practices
• Getting information (statistics, query logging, dnstap, CHAOS)
• DNS cookies
• Cryptography in DNS
• DNSSEC 'inline'-signing
• Transaction Signatures (TSIG)
• Dynamic updates (Plus NOTIFY & IXFR)
• Response rate limiting in BIND
• Adding and removing zones with RNDC
• Firewalls and DNS
• Response Policy Zones (RPZ)
• Automatic DNS provisioning with Catalog-Zones
• BIND 9 views

Who is this for? Networking professionals and DDI administrators.

Length: 3 full days (6 hours/day = 18 hours)
(9:00am - 12:00pm EDT / 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT)

Prerequisites:   
Participants for this course need to know how to operate the Unix command line (shell) and have Unix/Linux administration knowledge. Basic knowledge of Internet network protocols IPv6 and IPv4 is required.

Materials required: Participants will require a computer, keyboard and internet connection to access the course.