BIND config files

[infinite_]

Sup.

So I'm setting up BIND on a DNS server and it appears to function as it should for forward lookups, but I want to get anyone familiar with BIND to check the config because there's conflicting info on the internet. I want to be sure I'm using the right syntax and shit.

Here's the forward lookup config:

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$TTL    3600

gtfo.local.             IN      SOA     blackhole.gtfo.local.   root.gtfo.local. (
        1       ; Serial
        10800   ; Refresh
        3600    ; Retry
        604800  ; Expire
        86400   ; Minimum TTL
        )

;
;       DNS Servers
;
gtfo.local.             IN      NS      blackhole

;
;       Computer names and records
;
hackedpackard   IN      A       192.168.3.1
blackhole       IN      A       192.168.3.2

;
;       Aliases
;
;www            IN      CNAME   blackhole

;
;       Mail MX Records
;
;gtfo.local.            IN      MX      10                      blackhole.gtfo.local.

Here's the reverse lookup config:

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$TTL    3600

3.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN      SOA     blackhole.gtfo.local.   root.gtfo.local. (
        1       ; Serial
        10800   ; Refresh
        3600    ; Retry
        604800  ; Expire
        86400   ; Minimum TTL
        )

;
;       DNS Servers
;
3.168.192.in-addr.arpa. NS      blackhole.gtfo.local.

;
;       Computer IPs
;
1      PTR     hackedpackard
2     PTR     blackhole

The only two questions I have are:
1) Should the computer names in the config use the FQDN (blackhole.gtfo.local) or is the short name (blackhole) fine?
2) Does a period (".") have to be placed at the end of the computer names?

Anyone see anything incorrect in these configs?

[IceDane]

I'm not very familiar with this, but I remember reading an article where it said that because someone forgot to put the period in front of the domain names, some part of some country's internet was down for a while, IIRC.

By the way - why are you setting up a DNS server at home? Or isn't this at home? If it is at home; is there some speed advantage, perhaps?

[infinite_]

By the way - why are you setting up a DNS server at home? Or isn't this at home? If it is at home; is there some speed advantage, perhaps?

This is at home. I'm setting it up because it's much less effort to type in

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$ ssh blackhole

rather than

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$ ssh 192.168.3.2

I'm moving all PCs in my house to *Nix and for some reason my router's DNS doesn't resolve hostnames of non-Windows machines.
Also, it's just another practical task worth doing just so I know I've done it and can do it. Windows 2003 Server DNS server is a matter of clicking "Next" with little need for actually understanding DNS, so I got a more knowledge out of setting up BIND.

This server will become my firewall/gateway, and I intend on installing a mail server and maybe some proxy server.... not sure about that last one.