A look inside a zone file


/etc/bind/db.example.edu.au:

example.edu.au.   IN   SOA   bob.example.edu.au.   root.example.edu.au.  (
                                     2001060100 ;serial (version)
                                     10800           ;refresh period (3 hours)
                                     3600             ;retry interval (1 hour)
                                     604800         ;expire time (7 days)
                                     86400           ;minimum TTL (24 hours)
);

example.edu.au.        IN   NS   bob.example.edu.au.
example.edu.au.        IN   NS   fred.example.edu.au.

example.edu.au.        IN   MX   100 alice.example.edu.au.

bob.example.edu.au.  IN   A      192.168.142.1
fred.example.edu.au.  IN   A      192.168.142.2
alice.example.edu.au. IN   A      192.168.142.4