DNS on Windows 2000, Second Edition

Index

Symbols

() parentheses, grouping data, Master File Format

* (asterisk) wildcard, Wildcards

. (dot)

root domain, The Domain Name System, in a Nutshell, The Root Hints Data, The Root Hints Data

trailing, Appending domains

indicating absolute domain name, Master File Format

in domain names, Domain Names

/24 network, subnetting, /24 (Class C-sized) networks, Solution 3

; (semicolon)

in comments, Master File Format

in zone data files, Zone Data File Format

in zone data files, Zone Data File Format

@ (at sign)

in domain names, Master File Format

in zone data files, @ notation

_ (underscore) in domain names, The SRV resource record

A

A records, The missing A record, Aliases, A (address)

stale, Aging and Scavenging

aa (authoritative answer) bit, Good Parenting, Header Section Format

access to name servers (see resolvers)

Active Directory, What’s New in This Edition, Active Directory, Storing Zones in Active Directory

aging and scavenging and, Aging and Scavenging, Incremental Zone Transfer

DNS as location broker, DNS as Location Broker, DNS resource records needed by a domain controller

domain names, Active Directory Domain Names

integration, Active Directory Integration, Storing Zones in Active Directory, Aging and Scavenging

resource records needed by, DNS resource records needed by a domain controller, DNS resource records needed by a domain controller

SRV records and, The SRV resource record, The SRV resource record

storing zones in, Storing Zones in Active Directory

adding/creating

aliases, Aliases, Aliases ...