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Domain Name Service. Not specific to FreeBSD; you can run DNS on Mac OS, Windows, just about any flavor of Unix. Essentially all DNS is is a translation service between IP addresses and Domain Names (e.g., "freebsdwiki.net"). The most ubiquitous DNS program is [[BIND]]; it is the default that comes with the Base system in FreeBSD, but it is not the only one -- see also [[djbdns]].
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Domain Name Service. Not specific to FreeBSD; you can run DNS on Mac OS, Windows, just about any flavor of Unix. Essentially all DNS is is a translation service between IP addresses and Domain Names (e.g., "freebsdwiki.net"). The most ubiquitous DNS program is [[BIND]]; it is the default that comes with the Base system in FreeBSD, but it is not the only one -- see also [[djbdns]] or [[PowerDNS]].
  
 
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Revision as of 16:39, 21 October 2005

Domain Name Service. Not specific to FreeBSD; you can run DNS on Mac OS, Windows, just about any flavor of Unix. Essentially all DNS is is a translation service between IP addresses and Domain Names (e.g., "freebsdwiki.net"). The most ubiquitous DNS program is BIND; it is the default that comes with the Base system in FreeBSD, but it is not the only one -- see also djbdns or PowerDNS.

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