1. Chapter 1 Background

   1. A (Very) Brief History of the Internet

   2. On the Internet and Internets

   3. The Domain Name System in a Nutshell

   4. The History of the Microsoft DNS Server

   5. Must I Use DNS?

2. Chapter 2 How Does DNS Work?

   1. The Domain Namespace

   2. The Internet Domain Namespace

   3. Delegation

   4. Name Servers and Zones

   5. Resolvers

   6. Resolution

   7. Caching

3. Chapter 3 Where Do I Start?

   1. Which Name Server?

   2. Choosing a Domain Name

4. Chapter 4 Setting Up the Microsoft DNS Server

   1. Our Zone

   2. Installing the Microsoft DNS Server

   3. The DNS Console

   4. Setting Up DNS Data

   5. Running a Primary Master Name Server

   6. Running a Secondary Name Server

   7. Adding More Zones

   8. DNS Properties

   9. What Next?

5. Chapter 5 DNS and Electronic Mail

   1. MX Records

   2. Adding MX Records with the DNS Console

   3. What's a Mail Exchanger, Again?

   4. The MX Algorithm

   5. DNS and Exchange

6. Chapter 6 Configuring Hosts

   1. The Resolver

   2. Resolver Configuration

   3. Advanced Resolver Features

   4. Other Windows Resolvers

   5. Sample Resolver Configurations

7. Chapter 7 Maintaining the Microsoft DNS Server

   1. What About Signals?

   2. Logging

   3. Updating Zone Data

   4. Zone Datafile Controls

   5. Aging and Scavenging

8. Chapter 8 Integrating with Active Directory

   1. Active Directory Domains

   2. Storing Zones in Active Directory

   3. DNS as a Service Location Broker

9. Chapter 9 Growing Your Domain

   1. How Many Name Servers?

   2. Adding More Name Servers

   3. Registering Name Servers

   4. Changing TTLs

   5. Planning for Disasters

   6. Coping with Disaster

10. Chapter 10 Parenting

    1. When to Become a Parent

    2. How Many Children?

    3. What to Name Your Children

    4. How to Become a Parent: Creating Subdomains

    5. Subdomains of in-addr.arpa Domains

    6. Good Parenting

    7. Managing the Transition to Subdomains

    8. The Life of a Parent

11. Chapter 11 Advanced Features and Security

    1. New Ways to Make Changes

    2. WINS Linkage

    3. Building Up a Large, Sitewide Cache with Forwarders

    4. Load Sharing Between Mirrored Servers

    5. The ABCs of IPv6 Addressing

    6. Securing Your Name Server

12. Chapter 12 nslookup and dig

    1. Is nslookup a Good Tool?

    2. Interactive Versus Noninteractive

    3. Option Settings

    4. Avoiding the Search List

    5. Common Tasks

    6. Less Common Tasks

    7. Troubleshooting nslookup Problems

    8. Best of the Net

    9. Using dig

13. Chapter 13 Managing DNS from the Command Line

    1. Installing the DNS Server

    2. Stopping and Starting the DNS Server Service

    3. Managing the DNS Server Configuration

    4. An Installation and Configuration Batch Script

    5. Other Command-Line Utilities

14. Chapter 14 Managing DNS Programmatically

    1. WMI and the DNS Provider

    2. WMI Scripting with VBScript and Perl

    3. Server Classes

    4. Zone Classes

    5. Resource Record Classes

15. Chapter 15 Troubleshooting DNS

    1. Is DNS Really Your Problem?

    2. Checking the Cache

    3. Using DNSLint

    4. Potential Problem List

    5. Interoperability Problems

    6. Problem Symptoms

16. Chapter 16 Miscellaneous

    1. Using CNAME Records

    2. Wildcards

    3. A Limitation of MX Records

    4. DNS and Internet Firewalls

    5. Dial-up Connections

1. Appendix A DNS Message Format and Resource Records

   1. Master File Format

   2. DNS Messages

   3. Resource Record Data

2. Appendix B Converting from BIND to the Microsoft DNS Server

   1. Step 1: Change the DNS Server Startup Method to File

   2. Step 2: Stop the Microsoft DNS Server

   3. Step 3: Change the Zone Datafile Naming Convention

   4. Step 4: Copy the Files

   5. Step 5: Get a New Root Name Server Cache File

   6. Step 6: Restart the DNS Server

   7. Step 7: Change the DNS Server Startup Method to Registry

3. Appendix C Top-Level Domains

4. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of DNS on Windows Server 2003 is an African white-necked raven (Corvus albicollis), a subspecies of raven, the largest of the crow-like birds at about 24 inches long. The sexes look alike; the female is slightly smaller. Perceived as spirited or even impudent, the raven has a distinctive hoarse carrying call. They are excellent flyers, hovering and gliding, and are safe in flight from predators. Ravens are scavengers and eat carrion and small live animals, as well as some plants. They sometimes hide and store excess food, and will occasionally carry food in their feet.

African raven nests, built in niches in rocks, are crafted of an underlying stick structure, covered by grass, dirt, and rocks, then smaller twigs with soft materials such as moss or rags, and finally a layer of grass or similar plant material. Ravens lay 3 to 6 mottled grayish-green eggs, and the young hatch after 18 to 20 days of incubation. Both parents (a pair mated for life) will change the nest lining materials to adjust for changes in temperature and climate.

The raven is a popular figure, both profane and sacred, in many legends. Ravens, along with their relatives, jays and crows, have long been considered omens of evil in folklore, possibly due to the supposed annual tribute in feathers paid to the Devil; this legend is probably based on the molting of feathers every summer, during which the raven stays relatively well hidden--only this and nothing more. The Old Testament lists ravens among "unclean" birds; ravens also fed Elijah by the brook. Other ancient and medieval cultures considered the raven a symbol of virility or wisdom. An ancient Norse saga describes the use of ravens by ocean navigators as guides to land, and Norse mythology describes ravens as scouts for Odin. Native American folklore tells that the raven created the world and its creatures.

Because it preys on locusts, mice, and rats, the white-necked raven is generally welcomed in Africa (despite the occasional theft of domestic fowl). Like that of many other wild animals, the raven's habitat is dwindling with expansion of the human population. Matt Hutchinson was the production editor forDNS on Windows Server 2003. Octal Publishing, Inc. provided production services. Sarah Sherman, Reg Aubry, and Claire Cloutier provided quality control.

Edie Freedman designed the cover of this book, based on her series design. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted by Julie Hawks to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing. This colophon was written by Nancy Kotary.