NetDirector Manages the ISC BIND 9 DNS server. This is standard on most supported OSes, or can be installed either with the OS installation media, or via download from the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC - http://www.isc.org)

The main BIND configuration pane in NetDirector appears as follows:

There are three sections to the pane:

• Existing DNS Zones 
• Existing Client Views
• Global Server Options

Mange Existing DNS Zones

• Create a new master zone
• Create a new master reverse zone
• Create a new slave or stub zone
• Create a new forward zone

Existing Client Views

• Create a new view
• List views
  

Global Server Options

• Other DNS Servers
• Logging and Errors
• Access Control Lists
• Files and Directories
• Forwarding and Transfers
• Address and Topology
• Miscellaneous Options
• Control Interface Options
• DNS Keys
• Zone Defaults

DNS Configuration & Howto's

• Add records to a Master Zone
• DNS Security
• Modify DNS options
• Use Views
• Table: NetDirector GUI options mapped to the DNS/BIND configuration file options
  

References

• ISC's DNS server

IETF RFC's

• Domain Naming Convention RFC
• Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
• Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
• DNS Extensions to Support IPv6
• Role of the Domain Name System (DNS)