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Preface

1. Background
A (Very) Brief History of the Internet
On the Internet and Internets
The Domain Name System, in a Nutshell
The History of the Microsoft DNS Server
Must I Use DNS?

2. How Does DNS Work?
The Domain Namespace
The Internet Domain Namespace
Delegation
Name Servers and Zones
Resolvers
Resolution
Caching

3. Where Do I Start?
Which Name Server?
Choosing a Domain Name

4. Setting Up the Microsoft DNS Server
Our Zone
The DNS Console
Setting Up DNS Data
Running a Primary Master Name Server
Running a Slave Name Server
Adding More Zones
DNS Properties
What Next?

5. DNS and Electronic Mail
MX Records
Adding MX Records with the DNS Console
What's a Mail Exchanger, Again?
The MX Algorithm
DNS and Exchange

6. Configuring Hosts
The Resolver
Resolver Configuration
Advanced Resolver Features
Other Windows Resolvers
Sample Resolver Configurations

7. Maintaining the Microsoft DNS Server
What About Signals?
Logging
Updating Zone Data
Zone Data File Controls

8. Growing Your Domain
How Many Name Servers?
Adding More Name Servers
Registering Name Servers
Changing TTLs
Planning for Disasters
Coping with Disaster

9. Parenting
When to Become a Parent
How Many Children?
What to Name Your Children
How to Become a Parent: Creating Subdomains
Subdomains of in-addr.arpa Domains
Good Parenting
Managing the Transition to Subdomains
The Life of a Parent

10. Advanced Features and Security
DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification)
WINS Linkage
System Tuning
Name Server Address Sorting
Building Up a Large Sitewide Cache with Forwarders
A More Restricted Name Server
A Nonrecursive Name Server
Securing Your Name Server

11. New DNS Features in Windows 2000
Active Directory
Dynamic Update
Aging and Scavenging
Incremental Zone Transfer
Unicode Character Support

12. nslookup
Is nslookup a Good Tool?
Interactive Versus Noninteractive
Option Settings
Avoiding the Search List
Common Tasks
Less-Common Tasks
Troubleshooting nslookup Problems
Best of the Net

13. Troubleshooting DNS
Is DNS Really Your Problem?
Checking the Cache
Potential Problem List
Interoperability Problems
Problem Symptoms

14. Miscellaneous
Using CNAME Records
Wildcards
A Limitation of MX Records
DNS and Internet Firewalls
Dial-up Connections
Network Names and Numbers
Additional Resource Records

A. DNS Message Format and Resource Records

B. Installing the DNS Server from CD-ROM

C. Converting from BIND to the Microsoft DNS Server

D. Top-Level Domains

Index