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While computers and other devices identify each other on networks or the Internet by using unique addresses made up of numbers, humans rely on the Domain Name System (DNS), the distributed database that allows us to identify machines by name. DNS does the work of translating domain names into numerical IP addresses, routing mail to its proper destination, and many other services, so that users require little or no knowledge of the system. If you're a network or system administrator, however, configuring, implementing, and maintaining DNS zones can be a formidable challenge. And now, with Windows Server 2003, an understanding of the workings of DNS is even more critical.
"DNS on Windows Server 20003" is a special Windows-oriented edition of the classic "DNS and BIND," updated to document the many changes to DNS, large and small, found in Windows Server 2003. Veteran O'Reilly authors, Cricket Liu, Matt Larson, and Robbie Allen explain the whole system in terms of the new Windows Server 2003, from starting and stopping a DNS service to establishing an organization's namespace in the global hierarchy.
Besides covering general issues like installing, setting up, and maintaining the server, "DNS on Windows Server 2003" tackles the many issues specific to the new Windows environment, including the use of the dnscmd program to manage the Microsoft DNS Server from the command line and development using the WMI DNS provider to manage the name server programmatically. The book also documents new features of the Microsoft DNS Server in Windows Server 2003, including conditional forwarding and zone storage in Active Directory (AD) application partitions.
"DNS on Windows Server 2003" provides grounding in: Security issues System tuning Caching Zone change notification Troubleshooting Planning for growth If you're a Windows administrator, "DNS on Windows Server 2003" is the operations manual you need for working with DNS every day. If you're a Windows user who simply wants to take the mystery out of the Internet, this book is a readable introduction to the Internet's architecture and inner workings.
| Preface | p. vii |
| Background | p. 1 |
| A (Very) Brief History of the Internet | p. 1 |
| On the Internet and Internets | p. 2 |
| The Domain Name System in a Nutshell | p. 4 |
| The History of the Microsoft DNS Server | p. 8 |
| Must I Use DNS? | p. 9 |
| How Does DNS Work? | p. 11 |
| The Domain Namespace | p. 11 |
| The Internet Domain Namespace | p. 17 |
| Delegation | p. 21 |
| Name Servers and Zones | p. 22 |
| Resolvers | p. 26 |
| Resolution | p. 26 |
| Caching | p. 33 |
| Where Do I Start? | p. 36 |
| Which Name Server? | p. 36 |
| Choosing a Domain Name | p. 39 |
| Setting Up the Microsoft DNS Server | p. 50 |
| Our Zone | p. 50 |
| Installing the Microsoft DNS Server | p. 51 |
| The DNS Console | p. 55 |
| Setting Up DNS Data | p. 58 |
| Running a Primary Master Name Server | p. 82 |
| Running a Secondary Name Server | p. 86 |
| Adding More Zones | p. 92 |
| DNS Properties | p. 92 |
| What Next? | p. 95 |
| DNS and Electronic Mail | p. 96 |
| MX Records | p. 97 |
| Adding MX Records with the DNS Console | p. 99 |
| What's a Mail Exchanger, Again? | p. 99 |
| The MX Algorithm | p. 102 |
| DNS and Exchange | p. 104 |
| Configuring Hosts | p. 106 |
| The Resolver | p. 106 |
| Resolver Configuration | p. 107 |
| Advanced Resolver Features | p. 118 |
| Other Windows Resolvers | p. 120 |
| Sample Resolver Configurations | p. 124 |
| Maintaining the Microsoft DNS Server | p. 127 |
| What About Signals? | p. 127 |
| Logging | p. 129 |
| Updating Zone Data | p. 129 |
| Zone Datafile Controls | p. 136 |
| Aging and Scavenging | p. 141 |
| Integrating with Active Directory | p. 146 |
| Active Directory Domains | p. 147 |
| Storing Zones in Active Directory | p. 152 |
| DNS as a Service Location Broker | p. 155 |
| Growing Your Domain | p. 164 |
| How Many Name Servers? | p. 164 |
| Adding More Name Servers | p. 171 |
| Registering Name Servers | p. 174 |
| Changing TTLs | p. 177 |
| Planning for Disasters | p. 180 |
| Coping with Disaster | p. 182 |
| Parenting | p. 185 |
| When to Become a Parent | p. 186 |
| How Many Children? | p. 186 |
| What to Name Your Children | p. 187 |
| How to Become a Parent: Creating Subdomains | p. 188 |
| Subdomains of in-addr.arpa Domains | p. 198 |
| Good Parenting | p. 206 |
| Managing the Transition to Subdomains | p. 212 |
| The Life of a Parent | p. 214 |
| Advanced Features and Security | p. 215 |
| New Ways to Make Changes | p. 215 |
| WINS Linkage | p. 224 |
| Building Up a Large, Sitewide Cache with Forwarders | p. 229 |
| Load Sharing Between Mirrored Servers | p. 232 |
| The ABCs of IPv6 Addressing | p. 233 |
| Securing Your Name Server | p. 234 |
| nslookup and dig | p. 237 |
| Is nslookup a Good Tool? | p. 237 |
| Interactive Versus Noninteractive | p. 239 |
| Option Settings | p. 239 |
| Avoiding the Search List | p. 242 |
| Common Tasks | p. 243 |
| Less Common Tasks | p. 246 |
| Troubleshooting nslookup Problems | p. 252 |
| Best of the Net | p. 255 |
| Using dig | p. 256 |
| Managing DNS from the Command Line | p. 261 |
| Installing the DNS Server | p. 262 |
| Stopping and Starting the DNS Server Service | p. 262 |
| Managing the DNS Server Configuration | p. 265 |
| An Installation and Configuration Batch Script | p. 278 |
| Other Command-Line Utilities | p. 279 |
| Managing DNS Programmatically | p. 282 |
| WMI and the DNS Provider | p. 282 |
| WMI Scripting with VBScript and Perl | p. 284 |
| Server Classes | p. 289 |
| Zone Classes | p. 299 |
| Resource Record Classes | p. 304 |
| Troubleshooting DNS | p. 308 |
| Is DNS Really Your Problem? | p. 308 |
| Checking the Cache | p. 309 |
| Using DNSLint | p. 311 |
| Potential Problem List | p. 313 |
| Interoperability Problems | p. 324 |
| Problem Symptoms | p. 325 |
| Miscellaneous | p. 329 |
| Using CNAME Records | p. 329 |
| Wildcards | p. 332 |
| A Limitation of MX Records | p. 333 |
| DNS and Internet Firewalls | p. 333 |
| Dial-up Connections | p. 351 |
| DNS Message Format and Resource Records | p. 355 |
| Converting from BIND to the Microsoft DNS Server | p. 372 |
| Top-Level Domains | p. 376 |
| Index | p. 385 |
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ISBN: 9780596005627
ISBN-10: 0596005628
Series: O'Reilly Ser.
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 418
Published: 6th January 2004
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 17.8
x 2.1
Weight (kg): 0.66
Edition Number: 3
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