How do you test the DNS after setup?

[kd4ttc]

I have configured the DNS portion my server and find that the configuration file has been created. I found that when I was on my local network and entered the name of my domain I was connected to the local web server. So I have correct setup for my local name serving.
What other tests do I need to do to confirm that the DNS is correctly configured?
( I plan on having Kerberos running, using the Kerberos module for Apache, have a mail server running, and do file sharing. Apache will use SSL for external access but not for access off the LAN (I’ve set up that before off a regular OS-X 10.3 machine without problems) and will run PHP interacting with mySQL. )

[kd4ttc]

Hmm. Lots of view, no replies.
What I have learned so far is that at a minimum the dns has to support queries via host. That is, if the domain name of server is yourname.com you should be able to the following on a computer on your network using terminal:
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Last login: Sun Jul 30 10:42:22 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
Hollands-Computer:~ steve$ host yourname.com
yourname.com has address 10.0.1.234
Hollands-Computer:~ steve$ host 10.0.1.234
47.1.0.10.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer dns.yourname.com.
Hollands-Computer:~ steve$
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The above assumes the dns sever is named dns.
If there are opther tests of the DNS I’d appreciate hearing about them.
Steve

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