DNS on Windows 2000, Second Edition

By Matt Larson, Cricket Liu
September 2001
Pages: 352
ISBN 10: 0-596-00230-0 | ISBN 13: 9780596002305
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This special Windows-oriented edition of the classic DNS and BIND is a guide to one of the Internet's fundamental building blocks: the distributed host information database responsible for translating names into addresses, routing mail, and many other services. Covers server setup and maintenance along with Windows-specific topics like integration between DNS and Active Directory, conversion from BIND to the Microsoft DNS server, and registry settings.
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DNS on Windows 2000 is a special Windows-oriented edition of the classic DNS and BIND. The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the Internet's fundamental building blocks: the distributed host information database that's responsible for translating names into addresses, routing mail to its proper destination, and many other services. As the preface says, if you're using the Internet, you're already using DNS--even if you don't know it. Besides covering general issues like installing, setting up, and maintaining the server, DNS on Windows 2000 tackles those specific to the Windows environment: integration between DNS and Active Directory, conversion from BIND to the Microsoft DNS server, and registry settings. You'll also acquire a grounding in:
  • Security issues
  • System tuning
  • Caching
  • Zone change notification
  • Troubleshooting
  • Planning for growth
If you're a Windows administrator, DNS on Windows 2000 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. Topics include:
  • What DNS does, how it works, and when you need to use it
  • How to find your own place in the Internet's namespace
  • Setting up name servers
  • Integrating Active Directory with DNS
  • Dynamic updates, storing zone information in Active Directory, and incremental zone transfers
  • Using MX records to route mail
  • Configuring hosts to use name servers
  • Subdividing domains (parenting)
  • Securing your name server: preventing unauthorized zone transfers
  • Mapping one name to several servers for load sharing
  • Troubleshooting: using nslookup, diagnosing common problems

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DNS on Windows 2000 Review,  February 13 2002
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Submitted by Sakthi   [Respond | View]

This book helped me to link the missing links I had on DNS. None of MS Press booked provided me with the fine details this book has provided with.

Also this book has much better signal to noise ration than a lot of books available in the market.

I will recommend this book to anybody who manages a DNS server on Windows 2000 or NT.

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Media reviews "If you are a system administrator and you need to brush up on DNS basics, or if you have a Unix background and need to implement DNS on a Windows 2000 network, it's hard to go wrong with this book."
--Keith Schengili-Roberts, The Computer Paper, May 2002

"The Bottom Line--If you are responsible for DNS in your Windows 2000 network, you need this book. 'DNS on Windows 2000' is perfect if you're responsible for the care and feeding of DNS in a Win2K environment. Five stars."
--Douglas Luden, Focus on Windows

"If you're working with Windows 2000, this a provides essential coverage of the Windows specific tools and techniques, as well as features such as Active Directory."
--Andrew Ward, Computer Shopper, Feb 2002

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