chigrp February Meeting Details (fwd)

["Carolyn M. Hennings" <cmh@colltech.com>]

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Carolyn M. Hennings                                     cmh@colltech.com
Collective Technologies                          http://www.colltech.com
a pencom company      

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Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 13:38:14 -0600 (CST)
From: Dan Szkola <szkola@tanis.cso.niu.edu>
To: chicago-sagelocal@usenix.ORG
Subject: February Meeting Details

Forgive me if you have seen this information already:

Please join us at our next meeting:

                    Introduction to DNS

         Gordon Galligher, Collective Technologies

                     February 12, 1998
                        7:00-9:00 pm
        Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus

Abstract

The Domain Name Service (DNS) and its implementation in BIND, is one of the
easiest programs to configure incorrectly and not really know it. There are a
number of areas where you think that things are working correctly, you are
getting names resolved, but suddenly things stop working and you do not know
why until you restart the name server.  You might attribute that to a memory
leak or other problem with your machine, until it happens again, right around
the same amount of time from the first one.  Once you start looking at the zone 
file, the log files, you see where things are really screwy.            

This presentation covers the “gotchas” and other aspects of DNS implementations
that can cause major problems.

Topics to be covered include: 

        How Resolutions Work
        [Non-]Authoritative Data
        Types of Name Servers
        Resource Records
        Sendmail Interaction
        Important Files for UNIX BIND
        Domain Delegation
        Security Implications
        BIND v8 Highlights
        Microsoft DNS Highlights (on NT) 

Intended Audience:  This presentation will provide background on the basics of
DNS for people new to the topic.  People who have worked with DNS will find the
presentation valuable in helping identify the source of problems they may have
had.  The  speaker also includes topics on the latest developments in DNS for
more advanced participants.


About the Speaker

Gordon is a Principle Consultant for Collective Technologies, having eleven
years of experience planning, managing, and supporting large
heterogeneous UNIX and Windows environments, with strong skills
in network services support. 


Socializing

Following the presentation we will gather at Houlihan's, a restaurant in
the Shopping Center at the intersection of Butterfield and Naperville
Road.

Directions

201 East Loop Road
Wheaton, Illinois 60187-8489
630.682.6000

>From the North:
     Take Naperville Road south from Roosevelt Road to East Loop Road.
     Turn left at the traffic light on East Loop Road. The road curves past a
     large apartment complex on your right. The campus is on your left about
     a block before Butterfield Road. 

>From the South:
     Take Naperville Road north from the Naperville-Lisle area. Cross
     Butterfield Road and pass the shopping center at the corner of Naperville
     and Butterfield roads. Turn right at the traffic light at East Loop Road
     and proceed past a large apartment complex on your left and a shopping
     center on your right. The campus is on your left, about a block before
     Butterfield Road. 

>From the East and West:
     Take the East-West Tollway (I-88) and exit northbound at Naperville
     Road and follow the directions above. If coming from the North-South
     Tollway (I-355), exit westbound at Butterfield Road and proceed to East
     Loop Road. Make a right turn at East Loop Road; the campus is on your
     right after about about a block. 

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Dan Szkola              EMail: dszkola@niu.edu    
Systems Programmer      Northern Illinois University

        When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, "Did you
        sleep good?"  I said, "No, I made a few mistakes."
 -- Steven Wright