The example DNS configuration is for a private network in the IP address space for network 192.168.1.0/24. The private class network address space is set forth in RFC1918.

It is assumed that this network will be situated behind a secure firewall. The files that follow work with ISC BIND version 9. BIND is the Berkeley Internet Name Daemon.

The master configuration file /etc/named.conf determines the location of all further configuration files used. The location and name of this file is specified in the startup script that is part of the operating system.

# Quenya.Org configuration file

acl mynet {
	192.168.1.0/24;
	127.0.0.1;
};

options {

	directory "/var/named";
	listen-on-v6 { any; };
	notify no;
	forward first;
	forwarders {
		192.168.1.1;
		};
	auth-nxdomain yes;
	multiple-cnames yes;
	listen-on {
		mynet;
		};
};

# The following three zone definitions do not need any modification.
# The first one defines localhost while the second defines the
# reverse lookup for localhost. The last zone "." is the
# definition of the root name servers.

zone "localhost" in {
	type master;
	file "localhost.zone";
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in {
	type master;
	file "127.0.0.zone";
};

zone "." in {
	type hint;
	file "root.hint";
};

# You can insert further zone records for your own domains below.

zone "quenya.org" {
	type master;
	file "/var/named/quenya.org.hosts";
	allow-query {
		mynet;
		};
	allow-transfer {
		mynet;
		};
	allow-update {
		mynet;
		};
	};

zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
	type master;
	file "/var/named/192.168.1.0.rev";
	allow-query {
		mynet;
	};
	allow-transfer {
		mynet;
	};
	allow-update {
		mynet;
	};
};

The following files are all located in the directory /var/named. This is the /var/named/localhost.zone file:

$TTL 1W
@               IN SOA  @   root (
				42              ; serial (d. adams)
				2D              ; refresh
				4H              ; retry
				6W              ; expiry
				1W )            ; minimum

		IN NS           @
		IN A            127.0.0.1
	

The /var/named/127.0.0.zone file:

$TTL 1W
@               IN SOA          localhost.  root.localhost. (
				42              ; serial (d. adams)
				2D              ; refresh
				4H              ; retry
				6W              ; expiry
				1W )            ; minimum

				IN NS           localhost.
1               IN PTR          localhost.

The /var/named/quenya.org.host file:

$ORIGIN .
$TTL 38400      ; 10 hours 40 minutes
quenya.org      IN SOA  marvel.quenya.org. root.quenya.org. (
				2003021832 ; serial
				10800      ; refresh (3 hours)
				3600       ; retry (1 hour)
				604800     ; expire (1 week)
				38400      ; minimum (10 hours 40 minutes)
				)
			NS      marvel.quenya.org.
			MX      10 mail.quenya.org.
$ORIGIN quenya.org.
frodo                   A       192.168.1.1
marvel                  A       192.168.1.2
;
mail                    CNAME   marvel
www                     CNAME   marvel

The /var/named/192.168.1.0.rev file:

$ORIGIN .
$TTL 38400      ; 10 hours 40 minutes
1.168.192.in-addr.arpa  IN SOA  marvel.quenya.org. root.quenya.org. (
				2003021824 ; serial
				10800      ; refresh (3 hours)
				3600       ; retry (1 hour)
				604800     ; expire (1 week)
				38400      ; minimum (10 hours 40 minutes)
				)
			NS      marvel.quenya.org.
$ORIGIN 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
1                       PTR     frodo.quenya.org.
2                       PTR     marvel.quenya.org.

The configuration files shown here were copied from a fully working system. All dynamically registered entries have been removed. In addition to these files, BIND version 9 will create for each of the dynamic registration files a file that has a .jnl extension. Do not edit or tamper with the configuration files or with the .jnl files that are created.