Modifying your hosts file enables you to override the DNS for a domain, on that particular machine. This is useful when you want to test your site without the test link, prior to going live with SSL; verify that an alias site works, prior to DNS changes; and for other DNS-related reasons. Modifying your hosts file causes your local machine to look directly at the IP address specified.
Acest tutorial descrie cum să instalaţi serverul DNS BIND pe Debian Sarge 3.1, astfel încât acesta sa ruleze in mod chroot pentru motive de securitate.