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Level 6 Diploma in Information Technology

DNS Server Deployment on Linux

IT601 · Advanced Computer Networks — Week 5 of 16

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Week5 of 16
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This week’s topics

DNS Server Deployment on Linux

  1. BIND9 installation and zone file architecture
  2. Forward and reverse lookups
  3. Iterative and recursive queries
  4. Dual-stack UDP and TCP port 53 configuration
  5. Lec-81: Domain Name System (DNS) in computer Networks
  6. Installing DNS Server and Using TCP/IP Utilities

What you will be able to do

  • 2.3 Build and implement DNS server in Linux using UDP and TCP.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: build and implement DNS server in Linux using UDP and TCP.

Study materials

Videos

  • Lec-81: Domain Name System (DNS) in computer Networks · YouTube · Gate Smashers · 9 min · for registered students
  • Installing DNS Server and Using TCP/IP Utilities · YouTube · mrholverson · 10 min · for registered students
  • How DNS Works - Computerphile · YouTube · Computerphile · 8 min · for registered students
  • DNS Records Explained · YouTube · PowerCert Animated Videos · 14 min · for registered students
  • How a DNS Server (Domain Name System) works. · YouTube · PowerCert Animated Videos · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • An Introduction to Computer Networks, 1.10–1.12: IP, DNS and transport · PDF · Textbook, textbook chapter; pp. 24–34 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Client-Server Architecture
  • Week 2: OS Process Architecture and Management
  • Week 3: Linux Enterprise Server Configuration
  • Week 4: Transport Layer Dynamics: TCP and UDP
  • Week 5: DNS Server Deployment on Linux
  • Week 6: Evaluation of Network Security Protocols
  • Week 7: Corporate Threat Analysis and Security Requirements
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Secure Corporate Network Architecture Design
  • Week 10: Network Security Implementation
  • Week 11: Enterprise Network Hardening and Verification
  • Week 12: Applying Advanced Computer Networks in practice: case studi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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