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Index: S

• sample programs, obtaining: Obtaining the Example Programs
• SAns statistic: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• • Capacity Planning
• SDupQ statistic: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• search algorithm: The Resolver Search Algorithm and Negative Caching (BIND 8)
• search directive: The Resolver
• • The search Directive
  • search
• search list: The Search List
• • nslookup and: The Search List
  • • avoiding with: Avoiding the Search List
• search option (nslookup): Option Settings
• searching
• • exhaustive database (see inverse queries)
  • for IP addresses: Finding IP Addresses
  • us domain name space: The us domain
• second-level domains: Domains
• • Domains
  • names of: Where in the World Do I Fit?
• secondary directive: secondary
• secondary master name servers (see slave name servers)
• secondary statements, adding: Adding More Zones
• secure_zone records: Restricting queries in a particular zone
• security: Security
• • BIND and
  • • features of: Getting BIND
    • patches for: Getting BIND
  • choosing hosts and: Where Do I Put My Name Servers?
  • firewalls and: DNS and Internet Firewalls
  • for name servers: Securing Your Name Server
  • queries, restricting: Restricting Queries
  • refused queries and: Query Refused
  • resolvers and: "Resolving" name server configuration
  • response from unexpected source message: Common Syslog Messages
  • vulnerabilities of: BIND Version
  • zone data, importance of backups for: Backup Files
  • zone transfers, preventing unauthorized: Preventing Unauthorized Zone Transfers
• security category: BIND 8 categories
• security roots: Security roots
• semicolon (;) starting comments: Comments
• • Setting Up a BIND Configuration File
  • Master File Format
  • ; and # (4.9+)
  • in resolv.conf file: Comments
• sendmail: MX Records
• • class w and: The MX Algorithm
  • DNS and: Electronic Mail
  • resource records and: Address and Alias Records
  • rotate option and: The options Directive
• sendmail.cf file: Electronic Mail
• • Updating .rhosts, hosts.equiv, etc.
• sendto() system calls: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• sequence space arithmetic: Starting Over with a New Serial Number
• serial numbers: Multiple Master Servers
• • dynamic update and: Dynamic Update and Serial Numbers
  • incrementing: SOA Serial Numbers
  • nslookup and: Zone Transfers
  • setting new: Starting Over with a New Serial Number
  • SOA serial# message and: Common Syslog Messages
  • unincremented: Forgot to Increment Serial Number
  • • Forgot to Increment Serial Number
  • for zone data: SOA Values
• serial-queries substatement: Limiting the number of SOA queries
• SErr statistic: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• server command (nslookup): Switching Name Servers
• • bogus servers and: Avoiding a Bogus Name Server
• server executable, finding location of in manual pages: Starting Up the Name Server
• SERVFAIL errors: Slave Name Server Can't Load Zone Data
• SERVFAIL responses: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• set all command (nslookup): Syntax Error in resolv.conf
• • Local Name Can't Be Looked Up
• set command (nslookup): Option Settings
• setrlimit() system calls, cannot set resource limits message and: Common Syslog Messages
• setting up
• • BIND configuration file: Setting Up a BIND Configuration File
  • slave name servers: Setup
• severities, list of: Logging in BIND 8 and 9
• SFail statistic: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• SFErr statistic: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• SFwdQ statistic: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• SFwdR statistic: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• shadow namespace: Split Namespace
• shell script developing: Shell Script Developing with nslookup
• shortcuts for zone data files: Abbreviations
• • examples illustrating: The Shortened Zone Data Files
• shuffle address records: Round Robin Load Distribution
• sibling nodes, domain name labels and: Domain Names
• SIG record: The SIG Record
• signals: Controlling the Name Server
• • to primary server, forgetting: Forgot to Reload Primary Master Name Server
  • using: Using Signals
  • • control channels instead of: Controlling the Name Server
• Silicon Graphics (see IRIX)
• slash (/) indicating Unix filesystem root: The Domain Name System tutorial
• • The Domain Name Space
• slave directive: slave
• slave name servers: Types of Name Servers
• • Partial-Slave Servers
  • (see also partial-slave name servers)
  • adding: Primary Master and Slave Servers
  • • Adding a movie.edu Slave
    • caution with: Primary Master and Slave Servers
  • backups of zone data for, importance of: Backup Files
  • checking zone (debugging example): Slave Name Server Checking Its Zone (BIND 8, Debug Level 1)
  • forwarders and: Forwarding
  • loading from other slaves: Primary Master and Slave Servers
  • outages and: Longer Outages (Days)
  • vs. primary master name server: Running a Slave Name Server
  • reloading, command for: ndc and controls (BIND 8)
  • running: Running a Slave Name Server
  • setting up: Setup
  • • example of: An fx.movie.edu Slave
  • starting up: Setup
  • • automatically: Setup
  • testing with nslookup: Setup
  • unable to load zone data: Slave Name Server Can't Load Zone Data
• slave zones, command for maintaining: rndc and controls (BIND 9)
• SMIT (System Management Interface Tool): AIX 4.2.1
• SNaAns statistic: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• SNXD statistic: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• SOA records: Where in the World Do I Fit?
• • SOA Records
  • Typical Problem
  • Types
  • @ notation in: The @ Notation
  • changing values in: Changing Other SOA Values
  • finding for subdomains: The us domain
  • getting serial numbers for
  • • sample program in C: Sample Program: check_soa
    • sample program in Perl: Perl Version of check_soa
  • incrementing serial numbers and: SOA Serial Numbers
  • no NS records for: Name Server Reports "No NS Record for SOA MNAME"
  • order of in zone data files: The Zone Data Files
  • queries, limiting number of: Limiting the number of SOA queries
  • query statistics for: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
  • TTL and: Changing TTLs
  • values for: SOA Values
  • • RFC 1537 recommendation for: SOA Values
• SOA serial# message: Common Syslog Messages
• socket descriptors: Name Server Startup (BIND 8, Debug Level 1)
• Socket.pm utility: Tools
• software
• • BIND
  • • obtaining: Getting BIND
    • • Get the Source Code
    • precompiled: Handy Mailing Lists and Usenet Newsgroups
  • choosing hosts and: Where Do I Put My Name Servers?
  • firewall: Types of Firewall Software
  • networking, included with Unix operating system: Getting BIND
• Solaris 2.x, configuring resolvers for: Sun's Solaris 2.x
• sortlist directive: The Resolver
• • The sortlist Directive
  • Remote multihomed hosts
  • sortlist
  • sortlist (4.9+)
• sortlist substatement: BIND 8 and 9 Address Sorting
• source code for BIND, obtaining: Getting BIND
• • Get the Source Code
• sources of host information, checking: Sun's Solaris 2.x
• space as resource record name: Repeat Last Name
• spcl.DOMAIN file: Generating Zone Data Files from the Host Table
• special option: Primary Master and Slave Servers
• split namespace: Split Namespace
• src/bin/named-bootconf: Setting Up a BIND Configuration File
• SRI-NIC host: The History of the Domain Name System
• SRV records: SRV
• SSysQ statistic: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• stack size limit, changing: Changing the stack size limit
• start command: ndc and controls (BIND 8)
• start of authority records (see SOA records)
• starting
• • primary master name server: Starting Up the Name Server
  • • automatically: Editing the Startup Files
  • slave name servers: Setup
• starting message: Check for Syslog Errors
• • Common Syslog Messages
• startup files, editing: Editing the Startup Files
• • Setup
• states, domains named after: Further Down
• • Back in the U.S.A.
• statistics: Common Syslog Messages
• • analyzing for overworked name servers: Capacity Planning
  • monitoring: Using the BIND statistics
  • understanding content of: Understanding the BIND Statistics
  • viewing: Capacity Planning
• statistics category: BIND 8 categories
• statistics interval: Statistics interval
• stats command: ndc and controls (BIND 8)
• status command: ndc and controls (BIND 8)
• stderr channel: Stderr channel
• stop command: ndc and controls (BIND 8)
• stub directive: stub (4.9+)
• stub resolvers: Resolvers
• • Resolvers
• stub zones: Stubs: another way to manage delegation
• subdomains: The Domain Name System tutorial
• • Domains
  • Domains
  • (see also domains; parenting)
  • choosing: Where in the World Do I Fit?
  • contacting administrator of: Where in the World Do I Fit?
  • • The us domain
  • control statement and: Organizing Your Files
  • creating: How to Become a Parent: Creating Subdomains
  • delegating: Delegating Subdomains
  • • How Many Children?
    • How to Become a Parent: Creating Subdomains
    • checking for conformance: Incorrect Subdomain Delegation
    • octet boundaries and: Subdomains of in-addr.arpa Domains
  • vs. domains and zones: Name Servers and Zones
  • guidelines for implementing: When to Become a Parent
  • how many to implement: How Many Children?
  • how to read: Reading Domain Names
  • in-addr.arpa domain and: Subdomains of in-addr.arpa Domains
  • names for, choosing: What to Name Your Children
  • registering, cost of: Back in the U.S.A.
  • searching for with nslookup: Where in the World Do I Fit?
  • size of, parenting and: How Many Children?
  • SOA record, finding for: The us domain
• subnets, specifying with sortlist directive: The sortlist Directive
• subnetting/subnetted networks: sortlist
• • sortlist (4.9+)
  • address sorting and: Address sorting on subnetted networks
  • on/off octet boundaries: Subnetting on an Octet Boundary
• SUCCESS condition: Sun's Solaris 2.x
• success statistic: BIND 9 statistics
• successful lookups (debugging example): Successful Lookup (BIND 8, Debug Level 1)
• Sun (see Solaris 2.x SunOS 4.x)
• SunOS 4.x: SunOS Resolver Is Configured, but Host Doesn't Use DNS
• • configuring resolvers for: Sun's SunOS 4.x
• support-ixfr substatement: BIND 8 IXFR Configuration
• svc.conf file: Compaq's Tru64 Unix and Digital Unix
• svcsetup utility: Compaq's Tru64 Unix and Digital Unix
• syntax
• • for domain directive: The Local Domain Name
  • • domain
  • for search directive: The search Directive
  • • search
• syntax errors: Check for Syslog Errors
• • Syntax Error in Configuration File or Zone Data File
  • Syntax Error in Configuration File or Zone Data File
  • in resolv.conf file: Syntax Error in resolv.conf
  • SERVFAIL responses and: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• syslog
• • queries performed with
  • • command for: ndc and controls (BIND 8)
  • running before starting name server: Running a Primary Master Name Server
• syslog channels: Syslog channels
• syslog file
• • checking for error messages
  • • example of: Creating and Delegating a Subdomain
    • primary master name server and: Check for Syslog Errors
    • slave name server and: Setup
  • statistics written to: Capacity Planning
• syslog messages: Common Syslog Messages
• • checking for
  • • primary master name server and: Check for Syslog Errors
    • slave name server and: Setup
  • logging (BIND 8/9): Logging in BIND 8 and 9
• syslogd manual page: Check for Syslog Errors
• system administrators: Audience
• system calls
• • getrlimit(): Common Syslog Messages
  • sendto(): BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
  • setrlimit(): Common Syslog Messages
• system files, changing location of (BIND 8/9): Changing System File Locations in BIND 8 and 9
• System Management Interface Tool (SMIT): AIX 4.2.1
• system queries: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics
• system tuning: System Tuning

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